aim listed stamp specialist stanley gibbons
Stanley Gibbons, the Jersey-based, London Stock Exchange-listed stamp and rare coin dealer, has opened offices in Singapore and Brazil.
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singapore significantly strengthens international
Singapore’s central bank has announced a four-pronged strategy to help tackle international tax evasion and to increase its tax information sharing with other countries.
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singapores life industry sees new biz sales grow
Singapore’s life insurance industry saw total weighted new business premiums in the first quarter grow by 9% over the same period last year, but the results were impacted by a 15% drop in new business sales of single-premium products, the Life Insurance Association of Singapore said today.
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ifss beggs takes full time aam advisory role
Kelso Beggs, for many years the chief operations officer of International Financial Services in Singapore, has been appointed head of distribution at AAM Advisory, as the company moves to strengthen its management structure ahead of expansion.
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singapore to overtake switzerland as banking
Singapore is the world’s fastest growing wealth centre and is predicted to overtake Switzerland to become the largest offshore private banking market by 2020, according to recent research.
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mas promoting islamic finance is not just
A top official in the Monetary Authority of Singapore has stressed that the promotion of the island’s Islamic finance industry remains key, even though two tax incentives aimed at promoting it were allowed to lapse recently.
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consultation feedback singapores mas shows
Singapore’s financial services regulator has published its response to comments it received on proposed changes to the regulation of locally active insurers’ investment activities, and indicated a strong preference for keeping key elements of these insurers’ businesses within its borders.
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prudential fined 30m over failed aia bid in 2010
Prudential, one of the world's largest insurers, has been fined £30m by the Financial Services Authority and had its chief executive censured for failing to inform the regulator over its failed bid to purchase AIA.
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singapores henley group unveils
Singapore-based Henley Group Pte has launched an assessment tool that is designed to monitor the performance of advisers, ahead of the introduction of new regulations covering the delivery of financial advice in the city-state.
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sweet spot asia delivers for prudential in 2012
Prudential’s “sweet-spot” Asian markets helped the company deliver a 14% increase in new business profit last year, on a European embedded value basis, with Asia contributing almost 20% to new business profit.
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mas opens consultation on fair panel
The Monetary Authority of Singapore today opened its consultation on a package of recommendations, published in January, for boosting the standard of financial advice and product provision in the Southeast Asian city/state.
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ifss beggs takes role with henley group
Kelso Beggs, for many years the chief operations officer of International Financial Services in Singapore, has taken a role with the Singapore-based Henley Group, as it undergoes a major strategic review of its Singapore business.