Holborn Assets
Holborn Assets in Malaysia push
UAE-based international advice company Holborn Assets has entered the Malaysia market with the acquisition of Kuala Lumpur-based Greenwood Private Wealth Management.
Holborn Assets returns from the cold
After ceasing all regulated activity in the UK earlier this year, Holborn Assets has been given the greenlight from the Financial Conduct Authority to resume operations and advise on defined benefit (DB) pension transfers.
Retirement | 9 Aug 17
Sharp rise in UK advice firms providing pension transfers
There has been a 17% increase in the number of UK financial advice firms with regulatory permission to conduct defined benefit (DB) pension transfers over the past financial year, as demand from clients continues to rise.
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Holborn Assets is planning to expand across the Middle East and Asia over the next 12 months, while Schroders has created a new sales director role for the Middle East. A Manulife insurance salesperson in Hong Kong has been added to the Guinness Book of World Records for his astonishingly long career.
Tax & Regulation | 17 Jul 17
FCA reveals 8 firms rapped for pension transfers last year
The Financial Conduct Authority has confirmed that it took action to stop eight UK firms, including deVere and Holborn, conducting and/or arranging overseas pension transfers in the last financial year but has declined to name them all.