Women leaders in life insurance in the Isle of Man come together for a roundtable discussion on equality, career paths, opportunities and their experiences in the life insurance sector.
Finance Isle of Man’s Simon Pickering and John Hunter will be joining guests and leading advisors and professionals from local and London business communities at the Isle of Man Wealth and Fund Services Association London Luncheon on Thursday 8 November.
The Isle of Man was named ‘Best International Finance Centre’ on an evening which also saw six Isle of Man based companies: Canada Life International, Nedbank Private Wealth, Old Mutual International, RL360, Utmost Wealth Solutions and Zurich International Corporate Solutions collect awards including, ‘Best International Platform,’ ‘Best International Life Group’ and ‘Best International Pension Plan.’
Finance Isle of Man’s Head of Banking and Fiduciaries, John Hunter and Head of Insurance and Pensions, Simon Pickering, will be visiting various locations throughout London during the months of September, October and November as part of the London Calling Programme.
In conjunction with Expol Group, Finance Isle of Man will be implementing two presentations on Cyber Security – Response and Resilience to Attacks, to raise the awareness of industry to these increasingly critical and ever evolving issues and help equip organisations with the knowledge required to respond effectively.
On quite a snowy and cold Saturday morning in London, myself and Paul Maddocks from the Department for Enterprise headed to the Business Design Centre in Islington for the Master Investor Show. The Master Investor Show is the largest annual conference for private investors in the UK. Although the organisers had anticipated record numbers for this year’s event with more than 5,000 delegates registered, the snow had reduced attendance from this figure. Even so it was extremely well attended.
This was the 16th year for the Master Investor Show, which is described as the ‘Glastonbury Festival’ of retail investment forums with visitors from a wide spectrum spanning from private investors to private companies of varying sizes.
A phrase I have used many times in the last few months, but with a “nearly” in front of “landed”, but now as the ink dries on the various contracts, we can finally announce a brand new community resource which is coming to central Douglas in the next couple of months, which will truly invigorate and stimulate the local economy.
Investec Bank (Channel Islands) Limited is proud to have been granted a new Class 1(3) financial services licence under the Isle of Man's Alternative Banking Regime (ABR).
Investec Bank (Channel Islands) Limited (IBCI) is part of Investec Bank plc and has a significant reputation for delivering excellence in service and expertise from its teams in the Crown Dependencies, with existing offices in Guernsey and Jersey. The bank specialises in the provision of general banking and lending services to trust and corporate service providers licenced and regulated in its core offshore jurisdictions, as well as private banking for high net worth individuals and family offices.
Barclays Eagle Labs are a community resource that offer a range of resources including co-working space, expert mentoring, training workshops, a fully-equipped ‘MakerSpace’ to support rapid prototype development, and private office space for scale up businesses.
Local company Nedbank Private Wealth is proud to support the Isle of Man Apprenticeship programme, and currently employs three young apprentices through the scheme.
The Department for Enterprise has announced the final senior appointments for the new Executive Agencies, with the appointment of a non-executive Chair and a Chief Executive to lead the Finance Isle of Man Executive Agency. Aidan Doherty will become Chair and Michael Crowe will take up the role of Chief Executive.
The inaugural board meetings of the new Finance Isle of Man, Digital Isle of Man, Business Isle of Man, and Visit Isle of Man Executive Agencies have now taken place, with 50 private and public sector leaders participating across the four boards. The development of the four Agencies follows the restructuring of the Department into a significantly smaller and more focused organisation. This is now complemented and enhanced by the new Agency model, blended with the commitment and experience of Departmental staff.
