Is the UK still attractive for investors in Asia?
Jump in Tier 1 investor visa applications but expats should review how they are positioned
MBMG Group
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The challenge to advisers posed by low cost platform rivals
When Vanguard UK announced a 50% reduction in its UK closed-platform fee structure for online clients recently, it certainly caused a stir, says Paul Gambles, managing director of Thailand-based MBMG Group.
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PEOPLE MOVES: Zurich, MBMG, Close Brothers
A Zurich stalwart has been hired to the Middle East to head up the life insurer’s retail distribution team, while Bangkok-based advisory firm MBMG announces a departure. Close Brothers appoints a new business development director, who will work closely with UK advisers.
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Bangkok-based MBMG co-founder Graham Macdonald to retire
MBMG Group co-founder and managing director, Graham Macdonald, has confirmed that he will retire from his post in Thailand at the end of May.
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Concerns grow over post-UK election expat tax crackdown
The outcome of the UK General Election on 7 May is still not completely clear, but financial advisers are warning that some party policies might impact negatively on their clients, particularly those with ‘non-domicile’ status.
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advisers expats brace for trouble as protesters
Bangkok-based financial advisers joined most of the rest of Bangkok’s businesses and residents over the weekend in bracing for a planned shutdown there today by anti-government protesters.
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mbmg to seek regulator approval to expand
MBMG Group, the Bangkok-based advisory firm specialising in advising expatriates, has said it intends to apply to the Singaporean financial services regulator for permission to expand its business in the city-state to include asset management advisory services.
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thai expat focussed advisory firms consider
A small but some say growing number of financial advisory firms that specialise in looking after expatriates living in Thailand are obtaining restrictive and hard-to-get licences from the country’s regulator, as they seek to differentiate themselves from their local rivals.
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mbe to mbmg founding partner macdonald
Graham Macdonald, one of the founders of the Bangkok-based advisory business MBMG Group and its managing director, was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year honours list, published at the end of December.
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postman ex pat
Paul Gambles, CIO of Bangkok’s MBMG Group and a HNW adviser, takes a close look at the postage stamp market, its areas of growth and why the FSA still won’t recognise it as an approved asset class.
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Marking clients’ cards for them?
Advisers should steer clients clear of mark to model priced funds, says MBMG Group’s Paul Gambles