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Australia unveils standards bill on degree-qualified advisers
Australia has introduced a new professional standards legislation that will require financial advisers to be degree-qualified.
Best Practice | news 23 Nov 16
International Adviser Best Practice Adviser Awards 2016 results – Middle East
The final set of winners to be revealed in International Adviser’s Best Practice Adviser Awards 2016 series for the Middle East region were announced on Wednesday afternoon at the Shangri-La Hotel, Dubai after the Future Advisory Forum.
Bank of Singapore to open financial advice unit in Dubai
A subsidiary of one of Singapore’s largest banks, OCBC Bank, has confirmed it will offer financial advice to wealthy individuals in the Middle East when it opens a new office in Dubai next year.
Investment | news 23 Nov 16
UK financial services to benefit from Middle East uncertainty
The UK is set to benefit from expats and investors in the Middle East moving their money out of the region amid rising concerns of Saudi Arabian political and economic instability and growing fundamentalism in surrounding states, says Nick Rucker, partner at law firm Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth.
Alternatives | news 22 Nov 16
CoInvestor to UK chancellor: Leave pension freedoms alone
Ahead of Wednesday’s Autumn Statement, alternative assets platform CoInvestor has urged UK chancellor Philip Hammond not to backtrack on pensions freedoms.