With inheritance tax payments hitting a record high at the end of 2017, the new year is a good time for advisers to ensure that clients are being as tax efficient as possible when passing on wealth to future generations, law firm Collyer Bristow has advised.
“Much more needs to be done” by the big three credit ratings agencies to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns into their issuer ratings, according to Neuberger Berman.
Whenever a fund manager has a prolonged period of success in their area, certain terms get bandied about as to their status within that field. One favourite used by journalists is ‘guru’, indicating a manager has moved on from ordinary status, to the extraordinary.
Brexit aside, this year looks set to be the turning point when the number of British retirees living in Europe slips into decline.
Complications with trust arrangements can be eased by using a bond wrapper to hold any investment, according to Canada Life technical manager Neil Jones.
While the pace of change may differ between clients, for the future of ESG investments the only way is up. So, how at risk are the funds or wealth managers that do not manage to move to a full ESG-process across a client’s entire portfolio?
India is thought to have more citizens living abroad than any other country in the world, estimated by its government to exceed 30 million.
Regulatory activity across the world shows no signs of abating as 2018 gets up and running.
Many financial advisers have spent far too long asking clients all the wrong questions and failing to listen to what they really want, according to international business consultant Brian Foster.
Five years after the US introduced stringent regulations that required foreign financial institutions to report the assets of US-domiciled clients, Swiss IFAs tell International Adviser the move has created greater specialisation across the industry and is still having an impact.
How should South Africa’s financial advisers react to the country’s latest currency woes as its debt rating plummets to junk status?
Mifid II comes into effect on 3 January, and while many advisers remain woefully unprepared, significant benefits will make the sleepless nights worthwhile.
