allfunds to target asia poaches skandia
Allfunds Bank is planning to establish a presence in Asia and has taken its first step, by relocating its regional manager for Middle East and Africa to Singapore.
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Skandia appoints head of specialist sales
Skandia has appointed a new head of specialist sales to look after its offshore, pensions, trusts, protection and investment solutions.
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Skandia praises HMRC for preventing IHT
Skandia has said that while HM Revenue & Customs prevented a mass headache by leaving existing trusts out of its proposed reforms to the calculation of inheritance tax, it will create thousands of new demands for financial advice.
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Retirement income proposition in focus with
Skandia has appointed a new product director to look after its UK, international and Continental European businesses, with an initial focus on developing a retirement income proposition following recent pension changes.
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Vienna Insurance acquires Skandia Poland
Vienna Insurance has completed its acquisition of Skandia Poland.
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Nomination underuse costing clients
Advisers lack of knowledge about offshore bond nominations in the UK may be costing clients a significant amount of value.
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When not to keep it in the family
Almost a quarter of advisers have experienced problems when family members have been appointed as trustees, according to new research.
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skandia intl q1 sales down
Skandia International’s gross sales for cross border business were down 5% in the first quarter of this year, to £427m from £449m in Q1 2013.
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Nine tips on public speaking
The ability to speak in public is a highly-valued skill in any business environment, but it is nevertheless rarely taught in a formal way to young people. The result, for many, is a few years of learning, literally on the hoof, in the first job situation that demands it.
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Ex-Skandia Jelley sets up consultancy company
Colin Jelly has returned to the industry with the launch of his own business consultancy company, Landmark Financial Solutions.
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UAE broker pulls terms from Standard Life
One of the largest insurance brokers in the UAE has temporarily suspended its terms of business with Standard Life, RL360°, Skandia International and Hansard, because the companies are not licensed by the Insurance Authority.
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new star founder cazier joins omw
Old Mutual Wealth has appointed one of the founders of New Star, Stewart Cazier, as chief operating officer of distribution.