People Moves | 11 Dec 12
pioneer adds to dublin team
Pioneer Investments has expanded its Dublin-based European fixed income team, with the appointment of two senior investment managers.
Tax & Regulation | 11 Dec 12
uk to change discriminatory spousal iht rules
The UK Government is planning to relax the inheritance tax treatment of transfers from a UK domiciled individual to a non-UK domiciled spouse, following pressure from the European Commission.
hsbc gives sicav range clean fee
HSBC Global Asset Management (HSBC GAM) has rolled out clean fee share classes across its Luxembourg-domiciled range of Sicavs.
Retirement | 11 Dec 12
relief as treasury makes only minor changes
The global QROPS industry breathed a collective sigh of relief this morning as HM Treasury released a Draft Finance Bill that contained only a relatively minor increase in reporting requirements for administrators of overseas pension schemes.
Profiles & Comment | 11 Dec 12
price of success
Singapore, like Hong Kong, is continuing to benefit from the uncertainty and instability elsewhere in the financial services world, while at the same time struggling to cope with such side-effects of this success as inflation, currency appreciation and a shortage of affordable housing. Helen Burggraf reports.