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News 17 Jul 18
PEOPLE MOVES: Holborn, Carrick Wealth, Vanguard
Holborn Assets Hong Kong names its chief executive, Carrick Wealth appoints an acquisitions director who comes by way of the UK, Singapore and Dubai, while Vanguard bolsters its ETF Capital Markets team in Europe.
Bank of Singapore to open Luxembourg wealth manager
The private banking arm of OCBC Bank has received regulatory approval to launch a wealth management subsidiary in Luxembourg.
FNZ to acquire €31bn German platform
White label investment platform technology provider FNZ has snapped up German platform Ebase.
News 12 Jul 18
PEOPLE MOVES: Ardan chief executive departs
Ardan International’s chief executive announces his departure, Holborn’s Hong Kong chief executive moves to the US, while a senior adviser re-joins Barclays Wealth Management.
News 11 Jul 18
Aviva bids ‘adios’ to Spain
Aviva has completed its exit from Spain’s life and pensions marketplace after selling its entire shareholdings in its joint venture operations in the region.
Conscience investing ‘does not hinder returns’
Investing with a conscience is fully compatible with generating attractive long term returns, according to Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM).
The privacy risks of cross border investing
What can unite the UK and Russia, Saudi Arabia and Qatar and Pakistan and India? The answer, as all nerds know, is not football but tax, specifically the Common Reporting Standard (CRS), according to Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth partner Alex Ruffel and solicitor Luke Micallef-Trigona.
Generali to sell majority stake in German life company
Italy’s Generali Group has agreed to sell a majority stake in Generali Leben to a German life insurance portfolio management company, in a deal that values the business at around €1bn (£882m, $1.17bn).
Massive differences uncovered by robo adviser secret shoppers
European robo advice operators have been severely criticised in a report which found fees obscured as well as “inexplicable” portfolio and performance differences.
UK asset managers risk being shut out post-Brexit
If they don’t heed the stark warning from the European Commissions about the legal repercussions of Brexit, asset managers in the UK are at risk of being shut out of the European market, warns Brendan Adams, managing director, VAM Global Management Company.
