BNP Paribas launches RQFII fund
French asset management firm, BNP Paribas Investment Partners, has launched a fund which offers access to Chinese A shares through its renminbi qualified foreign institutional investor (RQFII) licence.
Full spectrum: Intermediary profile with Spectrum IFA
With a dozen offices dotted around Western Europe and a flourishing profit ownership scheme under its belt, Spectrum IFA Group certainly shows no signs of slowing down as it now enters into its 12th year.
Hong Kong tribunal backs SFC verdict to fine fund house
Hong Kong’s Securities & Futures Appeals Tribunal (SFAT) has backed a decision to fine and reprimand asset manager, Pride Fund Management, for refusing to resolve a financial dispute with a client.
Tax & Regulation | 2 Jul 15
HM Revenue & Customs ATED profits set to leap by 50%
HMRC’s receipts from the annual tax on enveloped dwellings (ATED) are set to rise by nearly 50% over the 2015/16 tax year.
MAS fee disclosure proposal presents a ‘challenging timescale’
The six month window which the Monetary Authority of Singapore said it will give providers of investment-linked products (ILP) to standardise the way charges are presented to customers is expected to be a “challenging timescale”, Old Mutual International has said.