Middle East

Best Practice | 30 Sep 16

Investors based in the UAE are expecting average investment returns of 7.3% in 2016, up sharply from the 3.5% received in 2015, according to a new survey by Old Mutual International and Quilter Cheviot.

Middle East | 29 Sep 16

Adam Rix, director – third party distribution for the Middle East at European asset management giant Amundi, is to leave the company.

Middle East | 28 Sep 16

Novia Global, the international platform arm of UK-based Novia Financial, has started doing business in the Middle East.

Middle East | 27 Sep 16

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has cracked down on an international insurance company based in the DIFC for selling products to customers outside the centre.

Middle East | 26 Sep 16

Life companies are calling for more clarity on how new laws covering mutual funds offered for sale within their products in the UAE will work in practice, while asset managers have begun the process of deciding which products to offer.