People Moves | 5 May 17
PEOPLE MOVES: Hargreaves, LV=, Neptune, Sanlam
Investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown announced a major recruitment drive in its marketing team, while state-backed UK agency Nest poaches LV=’s head of pensions. Neptune hires former M&G head as a special adviser as Standard Life makes a round of promotions.
ESG has evolved to active stock picking, says East Capital
ESG investing moved on from simple exclusion screening long ago, said Karine Hirn, partner at East Capital.
Chinese regulator ‘shows its teeth’ in insurance clampdown
China’s insurance regulator has issued its third warning in just nine days, announcing a clampdown on life insurers just weeks after the high-profile sacking of its top official in a corruption scandal that rocked the industry.
Best Practice | 4 May 17
Guernsey overhauls pension framework to match int’l standards
Guernsey has announced plans to overhaul its regulatory regime for pension product providers to bring it closer in line with the current international best practice standards.
Tax & Regulation | 4 May 17
IoM regulator to publish members’ conflicts of interest
The Isle of Man Financial Services Authority will publish a register of its members’ possible conflicts of interest and draw up a code of conduct on the disclosure and management of its members’ interests.