The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) is alerting the financial services community and members of the public to two fraudulent websites - www.difc-ib.com/ae/ and www.difcbk.com.

As ongoing Eurozone issues play out and worldwide market volatility continues to affect investors globally, TD Direct Investing has announced it's embarking on its biggest ever survey into retail and expat investor confidence.

Asset managers Neuberger Berman has appointed Robert Schlichting as its Managing Director and Head of Distribution in Germany and Austria.

The Federation of European Independent Financial Advisers (FEIFA) has joined forces with Financial Express, a leading provider of investment data, to offer its members an online fund research and monitoring tool, Analytics.

Guernsey-based Skipton International has kicked off the new year by launching a 180 day sterling notice account. Advisers' clients will need to make a minimum deposit of £10,000 to open an account.

Isle of Man-based Royal London 360° has revamped Quantum - its international regular savings product.

You can measure much by a country's GDP and the latest Centre for Economics and Business Research's (Cebr) World Economic League Table reveals some interesting rises and falls amongst the world's richest countries.

Advisers and investors nervous about the mixed messages on China's prospects for 2012 are being urged by Baring fund managers to stay with this market as they see the economic prospects for China as being substantially better than what's being currently...

Following a Guernsey delegation of financial officials and practitioners to Mumbai, Guernsey Finance has signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with India - the island's 13th such agreement with a G20 member.

A three month extension of the notification deadline to 31 March 2012 has been given, along with further adjustments aimed at streamlining the Liechenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF).