UK investors are Europe’s biggest users of collective investment funds, with British asset managers holding the equivalent of more than twice the country’s GDP in assets under management at the end of
Bank of Scotland International has brought out a new version of a five-year sterling-denominated structured product that aims to give investors exposure to the FTSE 100 index, while protecting their o
Private equity industry and hedge fund groups have responded to todays publication of a new draft European directive aimed at the alternative investment industry by saying it fails to address the t
The Isle of Man government says new information from the UK arm of Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander could mean “quicker and higher recoveries” for depositors caught in the collapse of the Icelandic bank
Assets under management in Luxembourg funds dropped for the first time in 2008, according to data provider Lipper.
Robert Half International, a New York Stock Exchange-traded American staffing giant, has opened an office in Dubai, just as many laid-off US and UK financial services executives are contemplating foll
The head of the main European fund management association called on EU fund houses to rise to the challenge of rebuilding investor trust and offering innovative products to appeal to risk-wary investo
Cazenove Capital Management has appointed Nick Carter, formerly of Synergy Financial Services, to lead its Jersey financial planning operation.
Trustees are being urged to make greater use of offshore bonds ahead of a 10% hike in both their UK income and dividend tax rates from April 2010.
Government officials from such jurisdictions as Jersey and the Isle of Man expressed support for findings contained in Michael Foots interim report on offshore financial centres, released late yester
Quantum Group and Nucleus Euro-Advisers are launching a Luxembourg-regulated and domiciled fund investing in the European insurance sector.
Offshoreonline.org, a UK-based and regulated online mortgage broker specialising in overseas mortgages, is launching a new euro-denominated service for those wishing to buy properties in Turkey.
