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Middle East powers Q1 for Hansard with 336% uplift
Specialist long-term savings provider Hansard Global has reported a surging annual uplift in new business for the first quarter of the financial year with the Middle East and Africa responsible for more than 300%.
Taiwan is ‘most attractive’ life insurance market in Asia
Taiwan has topped the list for having the most attractive life insurance market in Asia, a research house has said.
Emerging Markets | news 13 Nov 15
The BRICs acronym was all marketing
Treating the BRIC nations as a single investment bloc “was a triumph of marketing over economic analysis,” said Kevin Gardiner, Rothschild WM’s global investment strategist.
Investment | news 13 Nov 15
Fewer, bigger funds show strength in Europe: Lipper
Fewer fund launches across Europe since 2008 does not indicate a lack of innovation in the industry, according to the head of EMEA research at Thomson Reuters Lipper.
United Kingdom | news 12 Nov 15
FCA chairman wants ‘less is more’ approach to wealth manager regulation
FCA chairman John Griffith-Jones has spoken out on the “realistic, if not ideal” delay to MiFID II, while acknowledging the need for a “less is more” approach to the regulation of wealth managers