Insurance Authority
Middle East | 17 Jun 16
Quilter Cheviot partners up with UAE advisory firm PWS
Dubai-based IFA firm Prestige Wealth Solutions (PWS), which advises local expats on their pensions, has teamed up with investment manager Quilter Cheviot to offer its clients a discretionary management service.
David Howell: Guardian Wealth Management’s accidental adviser
GWM’s David Howell talks about his firm’s expansion plans, alphabet soup, and the unintended consequences of RDR on the UK advice market.
Spate of broker licences sparks hope in UAE
The distribution of new broker licences in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the first few weeks of 2016 has raised hopes the industry regulator is poised to further open up the market.
Middle East | 1 Feb 16
UAE Insurance Authority issues licence to Guardian Wealth Mgt
The UAE’s insurance regulator has granted its first brokerage licence in around eight years, to international IFA firm Guardian Wealth Management.
Middle East | 1 Sep 15
Non-compliant UAE life and property insurers get IA rule extension
The UAE government has given insurance companies operating in the Emirates an extra year, beginning 28 August, to meet the regulatory requirement which forbids combining persons’ insurance and fund accumulation operations with property and liability insurance operations.