sfc plans overhaul of professional investor
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has begun a three-month consultation on proposals to overhaul the regulations governing its professional investor regime.
investors threatened by regulatory rivalries
Fund consultant Amin Rajan has warned that a fierce rivalry among jurisdictions to attract fund investors is leading to “inevitable regulatory lapses” in funding that may end up costing investors millions of Euros.
gibraltar unveils a website to serve
The Gibraltar government has launched a website that it says is designed to “serve as a directory” of Gibraltarians who have left the territory, “who could be called upon to provide services to the government and to Gibraltar as and when required”.
global mutual suspends trading and sacks
A Mauritius domiciled fund, managed by a Swiss investment manager and administered in the Channel Islands, has run into difficulties and has suspended trading.
Tax & Technical | 20 May 13
taking a more flexible approach
Canada Life International's Paul Thompson looks at adviser charging for offshore bonds in the post-RDR world.