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Indonesia’s tax amnesty boosts bond appeal
Indonesia’s tax amnesty brought in revenue, which lowered the fiscal deficit and enhanced the appeal of government bonds, says Allianz Global Investor’s David Tan.
Stricter suitability requirements to roll out in China
All products that mainland Chinese can invest in will have to meet newly-introduced suitability requirements starting July 1.
How the fee-based model changes asset management
What could the potential fallout be for asset managers when Asia’s regulators eventually replace the commission-based wealth management model with a fee-based one? Ben Cherrington, head of intermediary channels in Asia Pacific at M&G Investments, shares some key changes in the UK, which decided to make the leap to fee-based in 2013.
Best Practice | news 19 Jun 17
Regulation to make life ‘harder and harder’ for wealth firms
Regulation will make the job of a wealth manager “harder and harder” over the coming years, Quilter Cheviot’s Mark Hallam has said.
Retirement | news 19 Jun 17
UK pension investments jump by over third in Q1
New pension investments in the UK were up by more than a third in the first three months of 2017, according to new figures by Equifax Touchstone.