Laura Harper has joined law firm Kingsley Napley's Private Client team as a Partner, with effect from 1s July 2021.

Family lawyer Jay Patel has joined Lawrence Stephens as Director of the firm’s newly established Family department.

The government of Zanzibar has launched a new tax and residency programme for foreigners to live and invest in the island.

The implementation of compliant regulatory processes around cross-border promotion, data management and investor profiling are the main reasons that eight out of 10 wealth managers struggle to offer their clients access to private markets, according to a recent report by fintech Delio. 

Capital Generation Partners (CapGen) has appointed Dipankar Shewaram as Investment Director. Shewaram was a Partner at BlueBay Asset Management, and oversaw USD25 billion of assets at Western Asset Management.  

Quilter has appointed Chris Samuel as an independent non-executive director, with effect from 1 July 2021. 

Quilter is warning people to stay alert to the risk of impersonation fraud, and has published a new video on its ‘Stay Safe’ webpage to provide customers, advisers and the wider public with tips on avoiding such scams.

Specialist structured product firm Finanzlab has joined Luma Financial Technologies, an independent, multi-issuer structured products and annuities platform.

AdvisorPeak has appointed Mark Hollingsworth as Chief Strategy Officer. In the newly created senior management role, Hollingsworth brings over 35 years of experience in investment management and financial services to a leadership team that has successfully introduced and scaled multiple technologies in the wealth management industry. He also joins the company’s board of directors.

The Global Returns Project, an initiative working with financial institutions to fund not-for-profit climate solutions, has announced new team members bringing significant expertise in the fields of financial services and climate science.