weekly currency update we 16 march 2012
This week, Moneycorp looks at sterlings recovery – despite a Fitch warning, and the continuing turbulence for the euro.
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keeping ahead of the curve
Royal London 360 international sales director Simon Pack describes the recent trends he has observed in the life industry, including the rapid growth of business in Asia.
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weekly currency update
This is the first weekly currency report International Adviser will be publishing, courtesy of Moneycorp. The report will provide readers with an overview of significant currency events, and their impact, over the past week.
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hmrc tastes sweet success yet again in rosiip case
A snapshot analysis of last weeks Court of Appeal ruling on the ROSIIP case from Prudentials Gerry Brown.
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platforms foundation of the global advisory
Sam Instone, the managing director of AES International, argues that platforms, with their transparency, represent the advisory industrys future.
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kidnap fears spark insurance advice boom
Mounting global frustration at the gulf between rich and poor is fuelling demand for kidnap and ransom insurance. Helen Burggraf reports.
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latest version of fatca rules clarify simplify
Kristin Konschnik, a partner in the London office of Withers, the international law firm, looks at the IRSs latest proposal for implementing FATCA.
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the wrong arm of pension law
Advisers who helped their clients take loans from their UK pension may be in need of a little financial help themselves, warns Stephen Gilchrist of Saunders Law.
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why a partial break up of the euro is inevitable
The beleaguered Euro is likely to lose at least one member this year, says Managing Partners Limiteds Jeremy Leach.
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lessons from Ireland on anti avoidance
The UK governments appetite for a General Anti-Avoidance Rule remains. Here Prudentials Gerry Brown looks at how it sometimes hasnt worked in Ireland.
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qrops a ticking time bomb
Selectapensions Andy McCabe asks whether HMRCs recent QROPS proposals are just the tip of the regulatory iceberg?
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gaining ground
Helen Burggraf explores the burgeoning of the Asia-based IFA, looking closely at trends developing in the relatively young market.