Middle East
UAE advisers may be next for a cold-calling ban
Financial advisers in the Emirates could be caught in a ban on telesales, if a ruling by the country’s property regulator is copied for financial services.
Zurich disputes UAE life insurance cost disparity claims
Zurich Insurance has played down grumblings from some IFAs in the UAE that they are not being treated fairly by the firm’s strategy of distributing its life products through both bank and financial adviser channels.
Suspension lifted at Holborn Assets
Dubai-headquartered Holborn Assets Insurance Brokers has resumed normal business after the Insurance Authority suspension of the company’s licence was lifted on Monday, sources have told International Adviser.
The privacy risks of cross border investing
What can unite the UK and Russia, Saudi Arabia and Qatar and Pakistan and India? The answer, as all nerds know, is not football but tax, specifically the Common Reporting Standard (CRS), according to Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth partner Alex Ruffel and solicitor Luke Micallef-Trigona.
Canaccord responds to IA action over Holborn
In light of the regulatory action by the UAE Insurance Authority against Holborn Assets, Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management has told International Adviser that it is “keeping the matter under review and looks forward to the conclusion of the regulator’s findings”.