Offshore Investment

Global investor confidence is accelerating this month as investors begin looking "more favourably" on risky assets, according to the State Street Investor Confidence Index.

Canada Life International (CLI) has appointed Sean Christian as its new managing director.

Offshore savers' deposits in Anglo Irish Bank International will be fully protected as the Irish Government nationalizes its troubled parent.

Impax Asset Management has linked up with BNP Paribas Investment Partners to launch the Impax Environmental Markets Trust (IEM Trust) to the Australian market.

Aggressive investors using Hargreaves Lansdown's Vantage supermarket in 2008 allocated a significant amount into equity funds which ultimately lost half their value.

Concerned consumers are scrutinising their investment portfolios to eke out the most from their savings in the credit squeeze, fuelling the need for adviser advice, according to AXA.

Carne Global Financial Services has opened offices in the Cayman Islands following a recent licence being granted by the islands' monetary authority.

Islamic banking in the Asia-Pacific region is expanding at a rate only second to the Middle East, according to a report by Celent.

International savers in Landsbanki Guernsey may be planning 'coordinated demonstrations' against Guernsey's 'lack of appetite' to help depositors recover their savings.

NatWest International Personal Banking (NIPB) has launched its fifth issue of guaranteed structured deposit account, Autopilot.