Profiles & Comment | 28 Feb 12
platforms foundation of the global advisory
Sam Instone, the managing director of AES International, argues that platforms, with their transparency, represent the advisory industrys future.
hk plans for insurance comp scheme worry industry
Hong Kongs insurance industry is fuming over government plans to implement a compensation scheme that would pay policyholders in the event that an insurer were to collapse, the South China Morning Post said today.
gam to acquire arkos capital
Fund group GAM has announced plans to purchase Arkos Capital, a Swiss long/short investment firm with CHF664m in assets under management.
Tax & Regulation | 28 Feb 12
barclays blocked from using highly abusive
Barclays has been blocked by the UK government from using two highly abusive tax avoidance schemes, which it is claimed would have cost the UK Treasury around £500m in lost revenue.
latam growth means opportunities says state street
BMCCP may not as easy to pronounce as BRIC, but the prospects for growth in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Peru are nonetheless significant, according to a just-released State Street report on Latin America.