Companies
Isle of Man ‘constraints’ key to Hansard Bahamas move
Hansard’s strategic move to set up a licenced company in the Bahamas was partly driven by the Isle of Man’s sweeping Conduct of Business Code rules which go live in January 2019, the London Stock Exchange-listed company chief executive Gordon Marr has revealed.
7IM becomes a pension provider
Seven Investment Management (7IM) has launched its own self-invested personal pension (Sipp), making the firm an official pension provider.
Embattled Aussie insurer AMP facing five lawsuits
AMP will have the dubious honour of becoming the first Australian firm to simultaneously face five class actions if three more law firms made good on plans to sue the embattled insurance company.
Old Mutual adds £200m in assets with acquisition
Old Mutual Wealth Private Client Advisers has acquired DG Pryde, an advice firm based in the Scottish town of Duns, outside of Edinburgh, marking the fith acquisition in less than a year.
PEOPLE MOVES: Schroders, Intrinsic, RBC Wealth Management
Schroders has confirmed the departure of a long-standing director in the Middle East, while OId Mutual Wealth’s adviser network Intrinsic has appointed an operations director and RBC Wealth Management targets adviser relationships with its latest recruit.