Hong Kong
Hong Kong regulator shuts suspected boiler rooms
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has frozen a total of HK$600,000 ($77,000, £54,000) in the bank accounts of three suspected boiler rooms.
Tan out, Barrows heads Hong Kong after FPI restructure
Charles Barrows has been named the new managing director of Friends Provident International Hong Kong with immediate effect, following a restructure which saw the departure of former Asia chief James Tan.
Hong Kong advisers suffer regulatory headache
Announcements from two Hong Kong regulatory bodies could make the already challenging IFA market even more confusing and difficult to navigate in 2016.
State Street Global Advisors hires new head of Asia ex-Japan
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the asset management arm of State Street Corp, have appointed June Wong as senior managing director and head of its Asia ex-Japan business.
OMI creates new role to help advisers with business changes
Old Mutual International has created a new head of distribution development role in London to help support international financial advisers seeking to transform their businesses to deal with the changes sweeping the sector.