Industry

Health & Protection | 29 Jan 16

The global market for international health insurance is growing faster than for health insurance in general, with expatriates and students notching up premiums worth an estimated $12.98bn in 2015.

Asia | 29 Jan 16

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has announced plans to launch a range of 13 investment funds to retail investors in Singapore over the next two months after receiving permission from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Companies | 28 Jan 16

Despite recording its first net asset outflow for seven quarters, Deutsche Asset and Wealth Management (AWM) outperformed the rest of the group; achieving net revenue growth of 14.2% in the fourth quarter, against a decrease of 15.2% for Deutsche Bank Group over the same period.

People Moves | 28 Jan 16

Swiss private bank Julius Baer named its new chief executive for the UK and Ireland, while Legal & General promoted from within to fill its Cofunds chairman role. Emirates NBD appointed a new wealth management chief investment officer, Vestra Wealth added to its private office, and SBG appointed a new head of lender relationships.

Life | 28 Jan 16

Specialist long-term savings provider Hansard Global has unveiled an impressive 136% growth rate in new business premiums for the three months to December 2015 over the same quarter in 2014, helped by a large investment from its founder Leonard Polonsky.