BlackRock grows AUM
BlackRocks worldwide AUM increased by 12% to $4.4trn in Q1; the three month period also saw $26.7bn of long-term net inflows and a 15% operating income growth since Q1 2013.
United Kingdom | 17 Apr 14
advisers banned for misleading thousands
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed an industry ban on two financial advisers after they lost almost two thousand customers money by convincing them to invest in high risk, unregulated products.
People Moves | 17 Apr 14
michael oliver stepping down as head
Michael Oliver is to leave the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission, where he is currently head of insurance supervision, at the end of the year, after more than six years there.
industry pragmatic as eu parliament clears
Asset management, wealth management and insurance industry association officials gave a mostly pragmatic welcome to a raft of new financial services regulations that were passed by the European Parliament on Tuesday.
Tax & Technical | 17 Apr 14
osbornes grand plan
There have been a number of significant announcements in the UK tax arena over the past few weeks. Here, George Bull, partner at Baker Tilly, takes stock of these changes.