For the third time in four years Standard Bank Offshore has been honoured in the annual International Fund and Product Awards, organised by leading industry publication Professional Advisor.
Standard Bank has been named ‘Best Expatriate Bank’ for the third time (previously titled ‘best International bank’) and for the second consecutive year also received a highly commended in the ‘Best International Structured Product’ category.
The awards are designed to reward the work of international product providers and finance centres and ‘Best Expatriate Bank’ is awarded to the bank that the judging panel believes offers the best range of current, deposit and savings products available for expatriates.
John Coyle, CEO, Standard Bank Isle of Man, said: “Receiving recognition in these highly prestigious awards is very rewarding for our Offshore group which provides services for expatriates around the world. Our Optimum current account and Quantum Plus products have been designed with expatriates in mind and offer multi-currency banking solutions. To have these products recognised as market leading and for our expatriate service to be highlighted in these awards is excellent news and we are delighted.”
He added: “These accolades are a very credible endorsement of the high standards we strive for within our business and go a long way in assisting us to raise our profile in the core markets in which we operate.”
The International Fund and Product Awards are the only awards that recognise the achievements of the offshore financial services industry and the financial products and services that they distribute through IFAs internationally. The judging panel looked for the following attributes in winners: commitment to target market; appropriateness of product range; use of technology and product innovation; and levels of service and support to distributors.
