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The new dedicated Middle East & North Africa (MENA) presence will offer speciality insurance products giving customised solutions against the growing risks in the region.

Investors who want to capture the Asian market premium will do so in a better way if they use indices designed with an efficient weighting scheme, according to a study by the EDHEC-Risk Institute.

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Legal & General (L&G) has appointed Simon Gadd as chief risk officer, and Kerrigan Procter as managing director of the group's annuities business.

Capita Financial Software has entered the increasingly competitive risk-profiling market with the launch of its Synaptic Modeller tool.

Sadly many advisory businesses are preparing for RDR with ‘dumbed down' advice propositions for which fees will be hard to justify, says Bruce Moss

Feedback from advisers across the globe has shaped the latest version of FinaMetrica's latest risk-profiling tool, the group's head has said.

A group of Nucleus IFAs have produced a free guide to risk management in advisory businesses.

Henderson has launched two low-cost income funds for Bill McQuaker and the multi-asset team.