Health & Protection | 8 Dec 17
Prudential strikes deal to widen advice offering
Prudential Financial Planning has struck a deal with The SimplyBiz Group to offer access to wider life insurance and critical illness cover.
Best Practice | 8 Dec 17
Advice to take on new meaning in January
The UK regulator is to introduce a new definition of advice on 3 January 2018 in a move to bring it in line with the Mifid II definition.
PEOPLE MOVES: St James’s Place, 7IM, Deutsche Bank
St James’s Place appoints senior adviser in Asia, 7IM sacks its chief investment officer and Deutsche Bank adds two wealth management teams for Asia push.
Best Practice | 8 Dec 17
Can value make a comeback in 2018?
Growth funds have walloped their value counterparts consistently for the last decade. But with the prospect of rising interest rates on the horizon and supportive global growth, can the investment style make a comeback in the new year?
Convoy execs arrested for suspected corruption
Three senior executive of Convoy Financial Services, one of Hong Kong’s largest IFA firms, have been arrested on suspicion of corruption and eight properties raided, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has confirmed.