Offshore Investment

The recent weakness in Spanish bonds is not the start of a new phase in the eurozone debt crisis nor is it likely it will lead to a "new leg down in equities and other risk assets," says Skandia Investment Group's Head of Asset Allocation, Rupert Watson,...

iShares, the Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) platform from BlackRock, has listed the first ETF in Europe providing access to US$ denominated emerging market corporate bonds.

Strong growth from South Africa has underpinned an increase in business in the first quarter of 2012 for Fairbairn Private Bank. The bank has witnessed a 17% year-on-year increase, which is the strongest opening quarter for new business since the financial...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has delivered Key Investor Information Documents (KIID) for its Luxembourg domiciled UCITS funds ahead of the 1 July 2012 deadline.

M&G Investments has appointed Andrew Hendry to the newly created position of Managing Director, Asia, to offer a more local service to distributors in Singapore and Hong Kong.

The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has confirmed that the last quarter of 2011 saw a reversal of cash net outflows as investment fund assets worldwide increased by as much as 7.5% to reach €19.97 trillion at the end of the year....

International investment management and financial advisory firm, Genii Capital, has opened a new office in Geneva as part of its plans to expand its global network of business activities.

HSBC says it is in talks to sell off operations in Pakistan and Korea as it continues with plans to scale back in territories which are not deemed profitable or have become underperforming retail operations.

RBC Wealth Management has appointed Michael Kay to head up RBC's department for international ultra high net worth (UHNW) client credit solutions.

Allied Irish Bank has announced plans to shut down two of its offshore businesses in Jersey and the Isle of Man following the news the bank will close AIB Bank and AIB International Savings (AIBIS).