Europe
Belgian adviser Dunhill merges with rival Cross Border Planning
Two of Belgium’s largest advisory firms for US expats Dunhill Financial and Cross Border Planning have announced they will merge.
Best Practice | 19 Sep 16
Fecif launches EU regulatory database for advisers
Advisers across Europe will be able to stay ahead of regulatory and legislative changes following the launch of a database and documents library by the European Federation of Financial Intermediaries and Financial Advisers (Fecif).
Number of European active funds beating benchmarks rose sharply in 2015 – Lyxor
Lyxor Asset Management has found that close to half of European domiciled active funds outperformed their benchmarks last year, a big increase on 2014.
Ailo calls Priips veto a ‘bloody nose’ for the EU
The European Commission has finally been given a “bloody nose”, says the head of the trade body for international life offices, Alan Morgan-Moodie, referring to the European parliament’s decision on Wednesday to overwhelmingly reject the standard for implementing the upcoming controversial Priips regulation.
STM to buy London & Colonial, Rops fee waiver impacts results
STM Group has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire UK Sipp provider London & Colonial and its subsidiaries for nearly £5.4m ($7.2m, €6.4m).