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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined an independent financial adviser £16,000 after his firm gave unsuitable advice on unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS) and flouted rules related to who the schemes can be promoted to.
Barclays Wealth has linked with Intrinsic Financial Services to become the firm’s preferred supplier of structured investments.
The assets of troubled 'death bond' issuer ARM Asset Backed Securities (ARM), as well as Catalyst Investment Group, are set to be acquired by life settlement specialist Insetco.
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The FSA said it is trying to contact customers of a Leicester-based IFA as it believes they may have been mis-sold unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS) and structured products.
International Asset Management Limited, one of the oldest fund of hedge funds managers in Europe, has opened a branch office in Spain to enhance the service it offers to clients in Iberia.
The Stonehage Group, which advises high net worth families, has launched Stonehage Investment Partners Geneva to complement its existing Stonehage Investment Partners (SIP) business in London.
The Government has committed to create a level playing field on VAT for retail investors in Islamic finance products.
The founders of wealth managers Spencer-Churchill Miller Private are launching a grant-making foundation to make it easier for high net worth individuals to donate to charity.
The IMA is to close the UK Zeros sector on 30 September and move the five funds into the Specialist category.
Boutique fund manager Managing Partners Limited (MPL) has secured UK distributor status for retail and institutional share classes of its Traded Policies fund.
UK investors are still failing to grasp the significant investment opportunity offered by climate change, according to a report from Holden & Partners (H&P).
A duo of BlackRock funds is dominating both the burgeoning IMA Absolute Return sector and the ailing IMA Specialist sector.
Julius Baer has launched its Luxury Brands fund into the UK.
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