Qrops provider unveils new product for offshore bond market
Malta-based Integrated Capabilities has launched a new Qrops product specifically designed to allow savers to invest in the offshore bond market.
Emerging Markets | 21 Jul 16
StanChart sees EM currency slide coming
Standard Chartered Bank has revised its forecast for the renminbi following Brexit, and now expects the currency to devalue further this year.
Platforms face inflection point as competition cuts margins
The ongoing technological revolution has levelled the financial services playing field globally, argues Jaco van Tonder, head of advisory services at Investec Asset Management – and with that levelling comes both risk and opportunity.
Best Practice | 20 Jul 16
South African regulator confirms RDR shelved until next year
South African regulator, the Financial Services Board (FSB), has confirmed that the first phase of the upcoming Retail Distribution Review (RDR), due to be implemented this month, has now been postponed until next year.
Tax & Regulation | 20 Jul 16
UK should apply brakes on further tax reform, OMW says
Old Mutual Wealth is calling on the UK government to halt any further plans for pension reform despite a recent survey by the life insurer suggesting that changes to tax relief would not discourage retirement saving.