UAE

Life | 12 Jan 16

Friends Provident International (FPI) has launched a financial adviser academy as part of a strategic plan to help support brokers and advisers that distribute its products.

Investment | 6 Jan 16

Multi-asset investing is a holistic approach to investment that balances risk with clients’ profiles. For banks and financial advisers, multi-asset investing has the potential to provide a simple, yet sophisticated solution for retail-level and affluent investors.

Life | 5 Jan 16

At an International Adviser roundtable in Dubai, life companies agreed one thing is certain, large scale regulatory change for the region is in the air.

Middle East | 30 Dec 15

Regulatory change, whether from growing enforcement of existing rules or the emergence of new ones, had a major impact on international life companies and financial advisory businesses in the Gulf during 2015.

Middle East | 11 Dec 15

Healthcare and education will be excluded from a planned Gulf-wide value added tax (VAT) scheme, which the Middle East region’s finance ministers have agreed on to shore up revenues in the wake of the recent sharp fall in oil prices.