Features

Equities | features 17 Dec 15

Coutts’s global chief economist Mark McFarland says it may not be a bad time to invest in bonds and equities

Investment | features 15 Dec 15

Amundi is raising its international profile and targeting expansion, as it looks to enter new markets in Asia, says Christian Pellis, head of external distribution.

Technology | features 15 Dec 15

This is my final article in a series of three on customers for International Adviser. Previously I wrote about the benefits of a customer centric approach and how Friends Provident International uses insight to shape its proposition. This time I am going to take you into the future and handover to ‘Bill’, a British expatriate in Singapore, to narrate his story in his own words. It’s the year 2026 and Bill has a meeting with his financial adviser to discuss his retirement plans…

Technology | features 15 Dec 15

Three predictions for the future – In our first technology article we wrote about the need for international life companies to embrace digital, and in our second we talked about Friends Provident International and Aviva’s ‘Digital First’ response to this challenge. In this article we look to the future and propose three predictions which we think will revolutionise the international life industry over the next few years.

Europe | features 14 Dec 15

Luc Rasschaert, chief executive of IWI, and Mike Foxall, its UK representative, explain why, having achieved a solid footing in continental Europe, the firm chose to launch its wealth management funds in the UK.