Best Practice | 8 Aug 17
Striving for diversity and equality in financial services
“You can’t be what you can’t see” is the opening gambit for Jocelyn Wright’s campaign to bring more women and ethnic minorities into the financial planning sector.
Generali signs $172m agreement to sell Panama business
Generali has entered into an agreement to sell its business in Panama, the latest in a series of exits from Latin American markets for the Italian insurer.
Retirement | 8 Aug 17
Trust in pension advice being destroyed warns advice firm boss
The public’s trust in pension advice is being destroyed by “so-called industry experts”, the boss of retirement advice firm UK Workplace Solutions has warned.
PEOPLE MOVES: Manulife, Sanlam UK, GAM
Manulife Hong Kong has a new chief financial officer, while Sanlam UK has raided Close Brothers Asset Management to find a chief executive for its new private office proposition. GAM has poached its new representative director and president for Japan from Schroder Investment Management.
Hong Kong domiciled funds growth outpaces Singapore
Chinese equity mutual funds boost the size of the Hong Kong-domiciled mutual fund landscape, helping it push ahead of rival Singapore.