Industry
Standard Chartered merges top private bank & wealth mgt roles
Standard Chartered Bank has combined the leadership of its private banking and wealth management divisions into a single global job, which will be taken on by Didier von Daeniken who will be based in Singapore.
Technology | 15 Dec 15
Robo-advice: Fact and fiction
I have lost count of the amount of articles about so-called robo-advice. It certainly is the “flavour of the month” and, if we believe all that we hear, will soon become the most important element in the delivery of financial services. I have some strong views on this…
Tax & Regulation | 15 Dec 15
Threadneedle fined £6m over Gersamia fraud case
Threadneedle Asset Management has been fined more than £6m by the FCA following an attempted fraudulent trade involving a former emerging market debt fund manager Vladimir Gersamia.
Tax & Regulation | 15 Dec 15
New UK secondary annuities market greeted with caution
The UK financial services industry has cautiously welcomed the government’s plans to extend its pension freedoms and create a new secondary annuities market by giving more than five million people the ability to sell their annuity from 6 April 2017.
One year on, Dubai-based IFA chiefs reflect on IA rule changes
The heads of four major IFA firms in Dubai share their insights on the changes the industry has seen in the year since the Insurance Authority announced new regulations.