Profiles & Comment | 11 Jul 12
rdr coming to a town near you
Tim Searle, founder and chief executive of the Dubai-headquartered international advisory company Globaleye, considers the impact Britains retail distribution review is beginning to have, and will have, on the regulation of financial advisers in other jurisdictions going forward
United Kingdom | 11 Jul 12
guernsey will remain a crown dependency
The chief minister of Guernsey has told the islands local newspaper that Guernsey has no plans to change its constitutional relationship with the UK, even though it has “restarted a review” of that relationship.
newly public felda continues rise
Shares in Felda Global Ventures Holdings closed today at their highest price since the Malaysian state-owned palm oil conglomerate went public at the end of June, in the worlds second-largest Initial Public Offering of the year.
UK advisers who use platforms register fewer
Although UK advisers are increasingly making use of platforms, among those who do, less than half their client bank is registered on them, according to new research.
United Kingdom | 10 Jul 12
Now its turn of iom politician to raise issue
Less than a fortnight after a senior Jersey politician revived talk of breaking away from the UK if it continued to get a raw deal, a Manx politician has called for a “comprehensive and independent” review into the potential benefits of gaining independence.