new regs for singapore providers
Financial advisers and other providers of investment products in Singapore are beginning to conduct customer knowledge assessments of all their retail clients, ahead of a 1 Jan, 2012 deadline.
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UK IHT planning using protection products
Neil Chadwick, technical marketing manager for Royal London 360°, discusses the importance of using protection policies to cover anticipated inheritance tax liabilities.
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barclays bolsters china desk in singapore
Barclays Wealth has appointed Carol Chen to head its recently-created Greater China desk in Singapore.
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new zealand least corrupt transparency intl
New Zealand is viewed as having the worlds least corrupt public sector, according to the 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index published today by Transparency International.
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ecofin vote on zero 10 postponed
The European Council of Ministers failed to vote as expected on the recently-revised zero-10 tax regimes of Jersey and the Isle of Man, after they were removed from ECOFINs agenda for its meeting yesterday.
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deutsche bank and cooperman join forces
Deutsche Bank has teamed with ex-Goldman Sachs Asset Management chairman and hedge fund veteran Leon Cooperman, to launch the Ucits-compliant DB Platinum Omega Fund.
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axa im hires channel islands sales manager
Axa Investment Managers has appointed Benjamin Rumary as investment sales manager for the Channel Islands, Ireland and the South West of the UK.
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abu dhabi comml bank granted jersey licence
Jersey has granted Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank a licence to operate on the island, through a managed bank arrangement with AIB Jersey.
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hsbc opens frontier strategy to retail
HSBC Global Asset Management has unveiled a Luxembourg-domiciled frontier markets fund for retail investors.
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guernsey chief minister welcomes review
Guernsey chief minister Lyndon Trott told a States Assembly meeting this morning that the government welcomed a formal review of the islands zero-10 corporate tax regime by the EU Code of Conduct Group, which he said would now take place.
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julius baer opens in shanghai
Julius Baer has opened a representative office in Shanghai, as it looks to expand into China.
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ecofin to approve zero 10
ECOFIN is expected today to formally adopt recommendations made to it by the EU’s Code of Conduct Group on Business Taxation, on the recently-revised zero-10 tax regimes of Jersey and the Isle of Man.