Close to a year had passed since the 2011 Arab Spring uprising exploded across the Middle East when NMG researchers, on behalf of Invesco, set out earlier this year to query investors there about their investment attitudes. Yet investor uncertainty as a result of the unrest continues to be a dominant investment theme in the…
Accounting and tax specialist Baker Tillys Sue Moore has called into question whether guidance published by HM Revenue & Customs can be trusted by individuals arranging their tax affairs.
Sanlam Investments has purchased a majority stake in Bermuda-based investment firm P2international, a company with which it has worked for a number of years.
Matt Siddle has been appointed lead manager of the Fidelity European Growth Fund, as former manager Alexander Scurlock is relocated to a new role within the investment team.
Representatives from non-US financial institutions have called on the US to postpone implementation of FATCA, the package of regulations aimed at cracking down on tax evasion by US citizens who make use of non-US bank accounts and other financial instruments.
The onshore offering of five BNY Mellon funds last year “has not really worked”, according to Scott Goodsir managing director of UK Wholesale at the firm, who said advisers’ traditional prejudice towards offshore funds was to blame.
Four of HM Revenue & Customs top five civil servants are set to leave the organisation this summer, according to the Financial Times
Over 150 delegates from Hong Kong and around the region gathered for this years Hong Kong Expert Investor Forum at the Four Seasons Hotel on a sunny day to hear the views of respected fund managers on the prospects for investment not only in China and India but other markets around the world.
HSBC Private Bank is to close its Jersey office, amalgamating its Channel Island operations into its Guernsey branch.
The four Channel Islands Chambers of Commerce have met for the first time, in what Julian Winser, president of the Guernsey Chamber of Commerce, said was expected to become a regular event.
The Dubai Financial Services Authority has entered into a supplementary agreement on co-operation with the China Banking Regulatory Commission.
Carmignac Gestion, the Paris-based investment boutique, has opened an office in London, as part of a strategy announced last year of expanding into the UK.
