Tax & Regulation | 5 Jan 12

IFAs could unintentionally expose their clients to punitive tax charges when setting up trusts, The Asset Protection Strategy, a UK-based training and support company, has warned.

United Kingdom | 5 Jan 12

Global real estate services provider Savills has acquired specialist central London investment and asset management business Gresham Down Capital Partners.

Middle East | 4 Jan 12

The Emirates Securities & Commodities Authority (ESCA) is likely to become the wholesale regulator in the UAE, regulating life companies to IFAs, according to HSBCs Daniel Rudd.

People Moves | 4 Jan 12

Christopher Shaw has joined Standard Chartered Private Banks London office, after just over six years with SG Hambros.

Asia | 4 Jan 12

Axa Group is looking to sell those parts of its Hong Kong-based Ipac advisory company that it did not dispose of last year, as it seeks to bring to an end a nine-year affiliation with the self-described holistic lifestyle financial planner, market sources say.