The IMS Group (IMS), a leading global governance, risk and compliance services group has acquired all outstanding shares in the New York based subsidiary of the same name, IMS Consulting US (IMS US). This is the second acquisition this year of a US compliance company for The IMS Group which last month invested in HedgeOp [...]
Nick Salter Appointed Senior Partner at Barnett Waddingham
Nick Salter has been appointed Senior Partner at Barnett Waddingham, the UK’s largest independent firm of actuaries, administrators and consultants. Adrian Waddingham, who has held the position for the last six years, will step down on 31 May 2012 but will remain a partner in the firm, continue to advise his existing clients and retain [...]
Barnett Waddingham Recommends Early Action to Guarantee Pensions Fixed Protection
Barnett Waddingham, the UK’s largest independent firm of actuaries, administrators and consultants, is urging people with large pension savings to review their arrangements as soon as possible to avoid any complications in meeting HMRC’s Fixed Protection deadline of 6 April 2012. The standard lifetime allowance (LTA) for defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) pensions [...]
St. James’s Place launches training academy
St. James’s Place, the wealth management group, today launches an expanded training Academy to offer outstanding professionals with no previous experience of providing financial advice, the opportunity to become Partners within St James’s Place. First piloted in 2008 the Academy will take three intakes of up to 20 prospective partners per year on the two [...]
Mind the generation gap: Barnett Waddingham analysis shows likely much reduced pension income for the next generation
Figures produced by the actuarial firm Barnett Waddingham point to a big disparity between what a young person can expect to receive in the future by way of a private sector pension arrangement compared with someone of the older generation retiring now. A member of a defined benefit (DB) scheme who joined at age 20 [...]
HedgeOp merges with The IMS Group
HedgeOp Compliance, LLC (HedgeOp), the leading provider of specialised compliance software and consulting services for investment advisers in the US, is merging with The IMS Group (IMS), a leading European governance, risk and compliance services group. HedgeOp will operate as ‘HedgeOp Compliance- an IMS Group company’ from its offices in New York, Boston and [...]
Market sentiment signals opportunities in Chinese stocks
Comment by Andreas Roemer, head of emerging markets, DWS Investments The MSCI China index rebounded strongly in October both driven by a relief rally globally and some Chinese specific reasons. Premier Wen indicated ‘flexibility’ and ‘fine-tuning’ in the government’s monetary policy, widely regarded as a key signal for ending the current monetary tightening. Market sentiment [...]
Move with Us teams up with Remember A Charity
- Move with Us will help to manage and sell legacy property for the leading gifts in wills charity - Remember A Charity works with 140 UK charities on legacy donations Move with Us, one of the UK’s leading property asset managers, has teamed up with Remember A Charity, the organisation that encourages people to leave charitable [...]
Council appoints Barnett Waddingham to advise on its pension scheme
Essex County Council has appointed Barnett Waddingham, the UK’s largest independent firm of actuaries and consultants, to advise on its pension scheme. Essex County Council administers a pension fund for staff employed by all the councils in Essex. The pension scheme has an active membership of 43,728 and the fund was valued at £3.1 billion [...]
Companies Focusing More on Sovereign Wealth Funds and Emerging Markets Investors, BNY Mellon Investor Relations Survey Finds
59% of surveyed firms meet with SWFs; 40% strategically targeting investors in emerging markets 74% seek more regulation on ‘dark pools,’ short-selling and high-frequency trading LONDON, October 25, 2011 – Companies worldwide continue to shift their investor relations strategies to expand outreach to sovereign wealth funds and emerging markets, according to an annual survey conducted [...]
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