Regions
United Kingdom | 17 Nov 17
Financial adviser’s killer ordered to pay £1
A killer who abducted, tortured and murdered a financial adviser has been ordered to pay the Crown £1 ($1.32, €1.12).
Mauritius acquisition boosts Sanlam’s pan-Africa strategy
South African financial services group Sanlam is focusing on Mauritius offshore services as part of its pan-African growth strategy.
DeVere CEO demands FATCA repeal as Americans hand back passports
Donald Trump’s administration must scrap the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca), deVere Group chief executive Nigel Green has said, as record numbers of Americans renounce their US citizenship.
Alternatives | 17 Nov 17
Will Europe’s most popular fund continue to steal the show?
This year alone, the Pimco Income fund has attracted more than €28bn in net new money from European investors, according to Morningstar data. This is almost half of all net inflows into unconstrained bond funds this year, and has made the $64.3bn (€54.6bn) strategy the world’s largest actively managed fund. There are few, if any examples of funds that have attracted so much money in such a short time. Even the inflows the Standard Life GARS fund saw in its heydays are peanuts compared to the money the Pimco Income Fund has attracted this year. Can it continue?
Hong Kong advisers says no to fee-based model
A majority of the industry responding to the SFC’s proposal on “enhancing industry regulation” were against introducing the fee-based model in Hong Kong.