isle of man life companies are ready for uk rdr
The Manx Insurance Association is ‘confident’ that its members are in a position to offer RDR compliant products and services for business written from 2013.
The Manx Insurance Association is ‘confident’ that its members are in a position to offer RDR compliant products and services for business written from 2013.
Thomas Miller Investment, the asset management side of the London-based Thomas Miller insurance group of companies, has signed a ten-year administration and custody outsourcing agreement with BNY Mellon Asset Servicing and Pershing, a BNY Mellon company.
John Spellman is to become the Isle of Man’s director of financial services with immediate effect, having spent the past couple of years as a special adviser for the island’s department of economic development.
The Isle of Man has signed a double taxation agreement with Singapore and a tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with the Republic of Turkey in quick succession on the same day in London.
A bogus website with the address of http://abacusfinancialservicesltd.com is falsely representing a genuine Isle of Man-based advisory business called Abacus Financial Services Limited,according to the islands Financial Supervision Commission (FSC).
Appleby, the largest offshore law firm by partner numbers, is expanding its corporate transactions capabilities in Asia with the relocation of Isle of Man-based corporate partner John Melia to the firms Hong Kong office.
The Isle of Mans Financial Supervision Commission (FSC) has revealed in its latest on-site visits that some financial advisers on the island wrongly labelled unregulated funds and leveraged products as low risk.
Individuals and businesses on the Isle of Man have until 7 Sept to comment on a range of elements of the island’s tax strategy, including whether its current 10% corporate tax rate should be widened.
Less than a fortnight after a senior Jersey politician revived talk of breaking away from the UK if it continued to get a raw deal, a Manx politician has called for a “comprehensive and independent” review into the potential benefits of gaining independence.
UK Crown Dependency the Isle of Man has signed a double taxation agreement with Qatar.
The Manx Insurance Association has appointed as its new chairman Royal London 360° chief executive David Kneeshaw, succeeding Dean Waddingham, the former managing director of Clerical Medical International and its subsequent incarnation, CMI Insurance.
BW Oakfield Group, an Isle of Man pensions and QROPS provider, has acquired an IoM rival, Momentum Pensions, and a controlling interest in Momentums Maltese operation.