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Best Practice | 16 Feb 17
How strong ethics can help overcome distrust
With perception often speaking louder than truth, Simon Webley, research director for the Institute of Business Ethics, believes preservation of trust within a business, externally and internally, must be a top priority for management.
Best Practice | 15 Feb 17
Provisca brings UK standards to int’l pension transfers
International product distribution company Provisca has signed a partnership agreement to market and distribute The QROPS Bureau’s independent technical support, due diligence and compliance support service to advisers outside the UK.
PEOPLE MOVES: Guernsey Finance, Brooks Macdonald, C Hoare & Co
Guernsey Finance has appointed its first Hong Kong representative, while Brooks Macdonald has poached an investment manager from HSBC GAM. The acquisition of C Hoare & Co’s wealth management division will see two high profile people step down.
Firms lining up to buy Old Mutual’s US asset management stake
Old Mutual is in talks to sell a stake in its US asset management unit following approaches from China’s HNA group.
SJP slammed over ‘commission-style’ rewards for advisers
St James’s Place, one of Britain’s biggest wealth managers, has come under fire for paying its advisers using an ‘air miles’ type system which rewards them with trips and jewellery for bringing in high levels of client investment.