legg mason global fixed income
Legg Mason Global Asset Management has launched the Dublin-domiciled Legg Mason Western Asset Senior Loan fund to be managed by its specialist fixed income subsidiary Western Asset Management.
Tax & Regulation | 14 Oct 13
uk tax gap falls marginally to 7
The UK’s ‘tax gap’ for the 2011-2012 tax year at stood at £35bn ($56bn, 41bn), or 7%, continuing a long-term downward trend, according to figures released late last week.
Middle East | 10 Oct 13
globaleyes searle may join virgin walmart
When Walmart founder Sam Walton lost a bet in 1983, he did as he said he would, and did the “hula” in a grass skirt and lei (necklace made from flowers) on Wall Street in New York.
manulife launches new high end medical scheme
Manulife, the Toronto-based global insurer with a major presence in Asia, has unveiled what it calls a "high end medical protection" range to provide basic hospitalisation benefits to a maximum annual coverage of as much as HK$22m (£1.8m, $2.8m).
falcon private bank employee in hong kong
The Hong Kong Securities & Futures Commission has banned a former employee of Zurich-based Falcon Private Bank’s Hong Kong branch “for life” for illegal practices that led him to be sentenced by a Hong Kong court earlier this year to 23 months in prison.