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How the fee-based model changes asset management
What could the potential fallout be for asset managers when Asia’s regulators eventually replace the commission-based wealth management model with a fee-based one? Ben Cherrington, head of intermediary channels in Asia Pacific at M&G Investments, shares some key changes in the UK, which decided to make the leap to fee-based in 2013.
Best Practice | 19 Jun 17
Regulation to make life ‘harder and harder’ for wealth firms
Regulation will make the job of a wealth manager “harder and harder” over the coming years, Quilter Cheviot’s Mark Hallam has said.
Best Practice | 19 Jun 17
Firms must take action now on Mifid II permissions says FCA
Firms that need to change their regulatory permissions to comply with Mifid II must act now, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has warned.
Best Practice | 15 Jun 17
Fear driving global rise in DB pension transfers say advisers
Fear that defined benefit (DB) pension schemes may be unable to meet their long-term liabilities is driving demand for pension transfers, research from Old Mutual International (OMI) has found.
Best Practice | 12 Jun 17
Fecif offers ‘unprecedented’ insight into European IFA sector
European IFAs will have a better understanding of their industry following detailed analysis of the continent’s advice sector by the European Federation of Financial Intermediaries and Financial Advisers (Fecif).