Best Practice | 13 Sep 17
Winners of International Adviser Life Awards 2017
The International Adviser International Life Awards 2017 were announced on Thursday at London’s The Langham Hotel during a dinner held after our flagship life industry conference, the Fund Links Forum.
Momentum ETFs: the friendly trend
August was a hot month for momentum ETFs. The equity funds which track shares doing well in the stock market saw record inflows of $300m (€250m) from European investors, Blackrock reported.
Generali sells Dutch business to local insurer for €143m
Italian insurer Generali has agreed to sell its Dutch operation to the former Fortis insurance arm ASR Nederland for €143m (£129m, $171m).
Offshore trusts hit by fresh anti-avoidance measures
Anti-avoidance measures targeting the tax treatment of payments and benefits from offshore trusts will make the use of such vehicles less appealing, says FPI’s Brendan Harper.
Warning: scam victims being retargeted
Fraudsters are posing as anti-scam officers to trick people who have already fallen victim to fraud into handing over their personal and banking details.