Asia
Pru Life UK inks Filipino bancassurance deal
Philippines-based Robinsons Bank will be able to offer Pru Life UK’s suite of life insurance products after the companies signed a strategic bancassurance partnership on Tuesday.
PEOPLE MOVES: St James’s Place, Jupiter and Credit Suisse
St James’s Place has made two senior hires from The Fry Group in Singapore, Jupiter Asset Management has parted ways with its head of UK retail and Credit Suisse has boosted its Asia investment team.
Zurich Life Singapore sold to new local insurer
The city-state’s newest insurance company Singapore Life is to acquire the business portfolio of Zurich Life Insurance (Singapore).
Fidelity charges ahead in China domestic market
Fidelity International’s investment management wholly foreign-owned enterprise (IM WFOE) has launched two funds while Blackrock and Schroders obtain private fund management (PFM) licences for their WFOEs.
China opens door for top foreign talent
High-end and high-earning international talent will be able to secure a 10-year visa within days after China’s State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs expanded the scope of its visa system to lure overseas workers.