elephants dont run former investor hits
A former £5m investor in the suspended Mansion Group Student Accommodation Fund has suggested the fund’s problems stem from ‘overegged’ performance expectations.
Tax & Technical | 24 Oct 13
baker tilly pension liberation issues to contine
This week HMRC announced that it would be clamping down on companies offering to liberate pension funds for individuals. But despite the UK’s pensions minister calling the actions of these firms “fraudulent”, the issue looks set to continue for quite some time to come, says Gary Heynes, private client group partner at Baker Tilly.
tech savvy uk advisers biggest users of platform
UK-based IFAs are the heaviest users of online transaction technology, with 99% claiming to have used these platforms at least once to manage and monitor client assets, according to new research from Skandia International.
People Moves | 24 Oct 13
axa seyer in new role to strengthen third party
Axa Investment Managers has appointed its global head of multi-asset client solutions (MACS), Laurent Seyer, to the new position of global head of distribution in a bid to attract and increase the asset manager’s third party assets.
Middle East | 24 Oct 13
watch the ceos of the uaes biggest brokers
The chief executives of the biggest brokers and financial intermediaries in the UAE are to be brought together for the first time to discuss the future of the industry at International Adviser’s Gulf Expert Investor Forum next month.