Best Practice

Best Practice | 4 Jan 18

Financial advisory firms operating in the UAE say while they still have questions about how the government’s new Value Added Tax (VAT) impacts the financial sector, it is better to be safe than sorry and assume it applicable to the services they provide.

Best Practice | 4 Jan 18

Many financial advisers have spent far too long asking clients all the wrong questions and failing to listen to what they really want, according to international business consultant Brian Foster.

Asia | 3 Jan 18

Inflation rates rising, the Chinese economy slowing and the US pushing back against free trade agreements are all real possibilities investors must “carefully monitor” in 2018, according to deVere Group chief executive Nigel Green.

Best Practice | 3 Jan 18

How ready are financial advisers for the wave of new rules expected to be firmed up and introduced by regulators in the UAE during 2018 and beyond?

Best Practice | 2 Jan 18

Five years after the US introduced stringent regulations that required foreign financial institutions to report the assets of US-domiciled clients, Swiss IFAs tell International Adviser the move has created greater specialisation across the industry and is still having an impact.