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Best Practice | 8 Mar 18
Are life cos ready for looming IoM Conduct of Business Code?
It is now less than a year until the Isle of Man Conduct of Business Code comes into force, International Adviser spoke to several firms headquartered on the island to see how they are preparing for the introduction of the regulation.
Aviva fires up Hong Kong joint venture with Tencent
Aviva Asia will launch a Hong Kong joint venture in the first half of 2018, as the group shifts its investment focus to high growth markets.
Tax & Regulation | 7 Mar 18
Disgraced adviser admits perverting course of justice
A financial adviser who funded a lavish lifestyle from investments in an unauthorised collective investment scheme has admitted perverting the course of justice.
EU tax haven blacklist to dwindle to six
EU finance ministers are expected to remove three more jurisdictions from the EU tax haven blacklist, meaning it has shrunk from 17 to just six since its inception in December.
Fixed Income | 7 Mar 18
EEA investors to take 36% hit
Investors with run-off shares in the ill-fated EEA Life Settlements fund are projected to lose more than a third of the value of their investment by the time all shares are redeemed, the coordinator of the EEA Investors’ Group told International Adviser.