Industry
MUFG acquires UBS AM’s Alternative Fund Services
MUFG Investor Services, the global asset servicing arm of Tokyo-based Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has acquired UBS Asset Management’s Alternative Fund Services (AFS) for an undisclosed sum.
Technology | 15 Dec 15
For mash get Smash (or the future for customers)
This is my final article in a series of three on customers for International Adviser. Previously I wrote about the benefits of a customer centric approach and how Friends Provident International uses insight to shape its proposition. This time I am going to take you into the future and handover to ‘Bill’, a British expatriate in Singapore, to narrate his story in his own words. It’s the year 2026 and Bill has a meeting with his financial adviser to discuss his retirement plans…
Technology | 15 Dec 15
Coding a digital future
Three predictions for the future – In our first technology article we wrote about the need for international life companies to embrace digital, and in our second we talked about Friends Provident International and Aviva’s ‘Digital First’ response to this challenge. In this article we look to the future and propose three predictions which we think will revolutionise the international life industry over the next few years.
Tax & Regulation | 14 Dec 15
UK Treasury to consult on handing buy-to-let powers to BoE
The Treasury is expected to launch a consultation this week aimed at handing increased oversight of the UK’s buy-to-let mortgage market to the Bank of England (BoE).
Tax & Regulation | 14 Dec 15
FCA assessing barriers to social investment
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a public consultation on how well the social investment market regulation is functioning.