"Prospering
in a Changing Market" Seminar
Sponsors
 Zurich
International Life Limited - Leading the way offshore!
Zurich International Life
Limited is part of the Zurich Financial Services Group, which
can trace its roots back more than 130 years. Today, the Group
is one of the world's major financial services providers, with
more than 38 million customers in over 60 countries. Our size
and strength puts us in a great position for today's ever changing
climate.
Zurich International Life Limited has developed
a very close and effective association with Threadneedle Investments,
our primary fund manager in the UK. Working with Threadneedle
as fund managers we have recently extended our "Managed Fund"
range to now include two lower risk funds, Cautious and Defensive
funds. Why not make a note to take a look and see for yourself
whether they are suitable for your clients?
Product Range
Whatever answer you are looking for, Zurich International Life
Limited can find what you need. We've been doing this long enough
to be confident we can come up with the right answer. Our products
have been designed to offer international investors (whether individual
or corporate) a wide choice of solutions to meet a variety of
needs, protecting the client, beneficiaries and ultimately their
future along the way.
"Best Pension Product Provider" (International
Financial Adviser 2001 awards for excellence) - Vista.
"Best regular retirement planning product"
from Portfolio International Life Industry Awards 2002 - Magnus.
Leading the way in retirement benefit packages
for individual and corporate.
Should the unthinkable happen or if you couldn't
work due to a critical illness, your primary concern will be protecting
your family. Futura will do just this. It is a whole of life insurance
policy that provides complete protection via a comprehensive range
of benefits and cover options.
Access to a wide range of funds for your single
premium investment is key to diversifying risk and managing a
successful portfolio. Choose from the Elite Bond range or the
International Wealth Account for answers to your problems.
For more information on our products, please
contact Jonathan Ashley, Regional Sales Manager - Europe, at Zurich
International Life.
Telephone: +44 118 956 7666, or e-mail jonathan.ashley@zurich.com
or visit the website.
 Jonathan
Ashley - Regional Manager: Jonathan
was born in Manchester but had an expatriate upbringing in Nigeria
before completing his education the
UK. Following graduation from Liverpool University where he
read Politics, he joined the financial services industry initially
with Guardian Royal Exchange. He moved to Eagle Star covering
part of the City of London specialising on the life side of
the business. Thereafter, he moved to Eagle Star International
and has had various sales development responsibilities, including
a 3-year spell developing corporate pensions business with a
worldwide brief. Currently Jonathan leads the Zurich International
European Sales Team based in Reading. Married to Rachel with
two teenage daughters, he lives in Wokingham, Berkshire. When
he's not travelling the world on business, he enjoys sport,
varied musical tastes and speaking French!
 ROYAL
SKANDIA BUILDS ON SUCCESS
A magnificent new structure occupying the site of the former
Douglas Bay Hotel has become quite a talking point across the
Island as people have watched it take shape. The new, purpose-built
headquarters for Royal Skandia consolidates the Company's reputation
as the Island's premier life assurance employer.
Royal Skandia's new headquarters built by Heritage
Homes comprises of over 57,000 square feet over four open-plan
floors, each having balconies and specially designed floor to
ceiling glass windows which really take advantage of the unparalleled
sea views over Douglas Bay.
Mark Halewood, Customer Services Director points
out: "One of the disadvantages of working in central Douglas
is the congestion and expensive parking costs. We can now offer
free secure onsite parking. Apart from the obvious cost benefit
which in real terms is worth in excess of £700 per annum,
most of the spaces are under cover, which is convenient in our
rainy winters. To encourage those who prefer to jog or cycle,
there are showers and lockers. We now have all the advantages
of working in Douglas without the disadvantages."
The company has invested heavily in the latest technology for
the new office, implementing Category 6 cabling, high speed/high
capacity Cisco networking, which is fully integrated with the
latest IP telephony systems from Mitel. In addition to providing
high performance, reliability and security, this advanced infrastructure
provides exciting new features such as Voice Recognition allowing
phone users to interact with computer systems. For state of the
art presentations, a "media wall" with 61" flat
digital screen has been installed together with the latest available
videoconferencing technology.
Nigel Jones, Head of IT said: "Technology
moves on so fast, but we have installed what we believe to be
at the cutting edge of what is currently available. This gives
us an excellent foundation to continue to build and develop new
systems and services, to maintain our first-class service to clients
and our leading position in the industry."
Royal Skandia are proud of the new building and
are planning launch events to announce their occupancy of the
building. The first will be an official opening ceremony performed
by His Excellency The Lieutenant Governor Air Marshal Ian MacFadyen.
Following this, the Company is planning an open day.
Dr Kilmurry adds: "There is a lot of interest
in the new building and now it is complete we are extremely pleased
with it. We want to allow as many people as possible to see the
building for themselves. We are confident that everyone will be
impressed. Royal Skandia has seen tremendous change over the years,
and this move really sets us up for the future. I believe we've
got the best team on the Island and we have invested heavily in
providing the best working environment."
Now with the move successfully completed, the
Company is poised for the next chapter in its evolution.
 Greg
Molyneux - Regional Director: 40 years of age this year, been
in Insurance 20 years, 14 of those Offshore. Been with Royal Skandia
9 years, previously Generali and GRE.Lived in Cyprus 13 years,
married, 3 young children. Intrests: Wine Collecting and Reading.
 Partners
in Performance
In partnership with world experts in asset management, we offer
unique investment products to maximise investor value.
At Circus Capital we combine the skills of the
world's leading experts in asset management with our own reputation
for innovation and performance. Our facilitator model allows us
to create value for our investors by bringing together the very
best resources and expertise from around the world. With these
world-class partners, we have established a track record that
helps investors make intelligent decisions to maximise returns
even in uncertain markets.
Circus Capital was founded on the principles
of 'partnership' and 'performance'. Everything we do is focused
on creating value for our investors through a strong track record
of performance. One measure of our success is that Circus Capital
now has assets of US$500 million under management.
Circus Capital's smart solutions are unique in
the marketplace. Our first family of funds is the Protected Growth
series for the cautious investor. The second fund family commercialises
military technology for the more aggressive investor. Each set
of funds has characteristics unmatched by any other product on
the market.
The Protected Growth series draws on the expertise
of some of the most respected names in fund management, administration
and custody. Names like LCF Rothschild of the Geneva-based Rothschild
private banking and asset management business. Our Protected Growth
Fund invests in some of the biggest, most respected and highest-performing
Smoothed Growth or With Profits funds in the United Kingdom -
Prudential (with a fund of more than a $100 billion), Clerical
Medical International (which has paid a bonus to Smoothed Growth
investors every year since its founding in 1824) and Aviva (the
largest insurer in the U.K. and the seventh-largest insurance
group in the world).
Circus Capital also has strong contacts with
the U.K. Ministry of Defence which offers investors significant
opportunities in commercialisation of cutting-edge military research.As
guardian of our investors' financial futures, our priority is
to provide 'best of class' products delivering quality performance.
 Stephen
O'Leary - Director Sales & Marketing:
Age: you work it out!
Occupation: Sales & Marketing Director
Company: Circus Capital (Middle East).
Hobbies: all sports, more watching than doing at my age, but I
still swing a golf club and hurl a squash racket around the court.
Family: married three children, two of whom are taller than me.
Career: fell into Financial Services, (didn't we all), with Abbey
Life, moved through Tied Agent, Broker, and moved Offshore in
1994 to Dubai. Latterly with Towry Law International in Dubai.
Yes I did qualify for virtually all conventions offered.
Ambitions: to provide premier service to institutions, especially
World Net Inter Alliance! Well OK desire to make lots of money
and enjoy myself! Sponsors pages:
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