International product distribution company Provisca has signed a partnership agreement to market and distribute The QROPS Bureau’s independent technical support, due diligence and compliance support service to advisers outside the UK.
A training course designed to improve consumer confidence and build professional competence in the broking profession has been launched in Australia and New Zealand.
The use of partial surrenders of offshore bonds can still make for a good tax-planning strategy, says Utmost’s Simon Martin, ahead of a restitution process set to be introduced by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) later this year.
The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has launched a financial adviser development programme that offers support to the employers of aspiring financial advisers across the UK.
We are very conscious that expats are often unfamiliar with the Singapore environment and that they are not protected by the same regulation that they are familiar with in the UK, says David Pugh, director of The Fry Group (Singapore).
Five UK discretionary fund management (DFM) firms have formed the DFM Alliance, a partnership offering financial advisers a platform to improve client outcomes through information, education and collaboration.
Malta is upping the number of adviser qualifications it offers as part of a new deal that strengthens ties between the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (Cisi) and the island’s Institute of Financial Services.
More than three quarters of financial advice firms in the UK are considering taking on additional staff in the next few years, according to a Personal Finance Society (PFS) survey.
The Financial Adviser School (FAS), the UK-based training academy owned by Old Mutual Wealth’s (OMW) Intrinsic network, has secured recognition from The London Institute of Banking and Finance.
As another fascinating year for the financial services industry starts to unfold, we are delighted to announce the details of International Adviser’s Best Practice Adviser Awards 2017 in partnership with Old Mutual International, recognising financial advisers that are, or have made, the exciting leap towards best practice when advising expat/international clients.
Zurich UK Life has teamed up with The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) to pilot a pension scam helpline, offering impartial guidance to customers looking to transfer their savings into schemes that the life insurer has identified as suspicious.
A digital wealth comparison site providing a rundown of the UK and international automated financial services market, believed to a be a first, has been launched by a specialist consultancy firm.
