Schroders attracts wealth management clients
“Many wealthy individuals want to diversify their investments and Bermuda is a good place to do this,” CEO Julian Winser...
Tag : British
Saudi prince’s visit to the UK brings new alliance on global aid
The Department for International Development and the Saudi Fund for Development will work together to protect lives in scarce countries...
£6.6bn per year set to disappear from UK’s cash savings pot
With inflation hitting 1.2% and savings rate struggling to exceed 0.25%, British savers’ pots are shrinking by 1% per year...
Brexit: Pound’s turbulence unsettling British pensions
Could drive pension pots worth hundreds of millions overseas Nigel Green October 31, 2016: The Brexit-battered pound has triggered a significant surge in people seeking advice on moving British pensions out of the UK. Since the UK’s historic vote to leave the EU, the sterling has fallen in value 14.5 per cent against the euro...
deVere Mortgages partners with Al Rayan Bank
deVere Mortgages partners with Al Rayan Bank ,To offer Sharia compliant home finance to purchase property in the UK October 11, 2016: deVere Mortgages and Al Rayan Bank have entered into a strategic partnership to offer Sharia-compliant mortgage alternatives to the growing number of expats looking to purchase property in the UK. The alliance follows...
Business lessons from British companies
Four firms give out tips that can help a business grow August 3, 2016: Business classes can only teach you so much about being successful. In the end the very best advice will come from those who have been there and have learned along the way. There are some things you just won’t find in...
Cifas appoints a new chairman
Lady Barbara Judge will take up the role in September May 31, 2016: Cifas, the UK’s fraud prevention service, announced the appointment of Lady Barbara Judge as the organisation’s new chairman. Lady Barbara will officially take up the role in September 2016, when she succeeds the outgoing chairman, Ken Cherrett, who is standing down after...
20mn Brits believe cash will soon be extinct
Over 70% of population does not expect to be paying with cash in 5 years’ time April 26, 2016: A new research reveals that a third of Brits believe cash will be extinct within the next 15 years. The study of 1,500 people by leading media agency Starcom also found that the vast majority of...
Stanley Gibbons sells £495,000 ‘Holy Grail’ British stamp
It is only one of five used examples known to the world of philately March 14, 2016: Stanley Gibbons, the world’s pre-eminent prestige collectibles merchant, has sold one of Britain’s most iconic rare stamps, a ‘Plate 77 Penny Red’, for almost half a million pounds to a private collector. The £495,000 stamp is only one...
‘Insurance companies should practice self-regulation’
Excerpts from an interesting interaction with Nihal Senaratne, chairman of Sri Lanka-based Senaratne Insurance Brokers (Pvt) Ltd. Jaya Smitha Menon February 17,2015: With 61 years of experience, Nihal Senaratne is a doyen of the insurance industry in Sri Lanka. His career and the insurance sector in Sri Lanka began almost at the same time; and...