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Hong Kong to roll out insurance lifeboat scheme
Policyholders in Hong Kong will be protected for the first time should their insurer become insolvent if plans to introduce a mandatory industry-funded compensation scheme come to fruition.
Best Practice | 2 Mar 18
Guardian Wealth secures corporate chartered status
The UK arm of Guardian Wealth Management Group’s international business has received corporate chartered status, the company confirmed to International Adviser.
Best Practice | 1 Mar 18
Pros and cons of deleting client data
Financial advisers need to establish a data management policy that balances the rights of the client against the firm’s right to meet regulatory requirements or potentially defend a legal claim, according to Nick Eatock, executive chairman of UK based back office software support Intelliflo.
Best Practice | 28 Feb 18
Mortgage advisers upskill as wealth advisers through Openwork
The first group of candidates have embarked on Openwork’s “Route to Wealth”, a study programme that supports firms upskilling their mortgage advisers to become fully qualified wealth advisers.
Hong Kong budget targets major financial service growth
Hong Kong will make a major push to diversify its financial services and insurance industries through a HK$500m cash injection into bond market development, fintech, green finance and a training academy, the finance secretary outlined in the budget on Tuesday.