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PEOPLE MOVES: KPMG, Investors Trust, Carrick
KPMG appoints HM Revenue & Customs’ Panama and Paradise Papers lead, Investors Trust recruits from RL360° and another deVere alum has joined Carrick.
Sanlam to take over Moroccan insurer in $1bn deal
Sanlam will take full control of Morocco’s Saham Finances for $1.05bn, and is actively looking for other acquisitions that will make it “number one, two or three” in the markets in which it operates.
FBI operation delayed shutdown of defunct British DFM
Insolvent discretionary fund manager Beaufort Securities was given a stay of execution by the UK regulator to allow the Federal Bureau of Investigation to finish its undercover operation, it has been revealed.
China’s wealthy send $172bn offshore in three years
A “staggering” $172bn in Chinese funds have been deposited offshore by non-bank institutions in just three years, according to a report by Knight Frank.
MP brands Blackrock ‘schizophrenic’ over Carillion
Blackrock has defended itself against charges from a parliamentary select committee that it was “schizophrenic” in its holdings of Carillion, taking both long and short positions.