Utmost offers redemption option on Irish offshore bonds
Utmost Wealth Solutions has announced the launch of a capital redemption option for its range of Dublin-based offshore bonds.
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AXA sell off in Hong Kong sees high demand, press report
Around two dozen bidders are competing to buy the Hong Kong wealth management unit of French insurance giant Axa SA, according to Reuters.
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Cyberattack hits 5,400 Axa Insurance customers
Personal data belonging to around 5,400 Axa Insurance customers in Singapore was compromised in a cybersecurity incident.
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Phoenix squeezes more cash out of Axa deal than expected
Phoenix Group, Britain’s largest closed life fund consolidator, doubled operating profit during the first six months of 2017 as it said the cash earned from the Axa acquisition last year had been generated more rapidly than expected.
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Axa Life Singapore ordered to pay $3m over bad reference
Axa Life Insurance Singapore has been ordered by the country’s High Court to pay compensation to a former employee for providing an unflattering reference to the Monetary Authority of Singapore (Mas) and his prospective employer, Prudential Assurance Company Singapore.
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Is the IMF’s UK revision a red flag for investors?
The International Monetary Fund’s decision to downgrade the UK’s growth forecast for 2017 was likely a wake-up call for some investors. But is it a signal of more dire times ahead? Or just another year of mediocre growth?
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PEOPLE MOVES: Vanguard, Aberdeen, AJ Bell
Vanguard has identified its new chief executive, while Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed a head of Luxembourg and named two heavy-hitting independent non-executive directors to the board of Aberdeen Life. AJ Bell has a new technical director.
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PEOPLE MOVES: Old Mutual director runs for Zimbabwe presidency
An Old Mutual director is to run for president of Zimbabwe, while Old Mutual Asset Management and Axa Asia are both losing their chief executives. Deutsche Bank Wealth Management has appointed a former Coutts & Co chief executive to head up its UK business.
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PEOPLE MOVES: UK govt, Killik & Co, Australian Tax Office
UK prime minister Theresa May has reshuffled her cabinet as uncertainty mounts over how long the Conservative Party can hold on to power. The deputy Australian Tax Office commissioner has resigned after being being caught up in a fraud scandal, while Killik & Co has appointed a head of wealth planning.
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Most European insurers ignore responsible investment criteria
Only one-in-three European insurance companies take environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into account when investing, and most of these do so because of regulatory pressure, according to a survey by Axa IM.
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Phoenix Group on growing and consolidating its brood
Having bought Axa Wealth and Abbey Life in 2016, Phoenix Life chief executive Andy Moss tells International Adviser about the group’s consolidation history and how it brings all of its new business on board.
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Axa Wealth and Abbey Life acquisitions drive Phoenix growth
Phoenix Group is eyeing further acquisitions after Abbey Life and Axa Wealth added £22bn ($27.3bn, €25.4bn) in assets under management and more than 1.6 million policies to the life company consolidator’s books in 2016.