Middle East | 7 Nov 12
hsbc obama victory boosts mena stability
Today’s election victory for US Presidential incumbent Barack Obama is likely to mean greater financial stability for the MENA region in the short and long term, according to HSBC Global Asset Management’s chief business strategist Peter Marber.
People Moves | 7 Nov 12
sanlam installs croft as p2 number two
P2international has appointed John Croft to the position of head of UK & Europe, reporting to chief executive Cobus Kruger who assumed the role when Sanlam bought P2 in May this year.
intl mortgage market brokers surprised by Lloyds
Lloyds has surprised advisers and international mortgage brokers with the news that as of tonight at 8pm, it is suspending the offering of new mortgages to expats seeking to buy properties in the UK.
currency cloud start-up targets financial firms
A new, London-based technology company is looking to set out its cloud-based stall, in that portion of the cross-border currency trading market used by financial firms with expatriate clients and others who frequently send and receive money across borders.
uk investors protesting over swiss franc mortgages
UK property buyers who claim that they were mis-sold Swiss franc mortgages on Cyprus properties at the height of the Cyprus property boom have taken their protest to London, where they demonstrated outside the Cannon Street offices of Alpha Bank.