Celebrity deaths over the Christmas period and a pending supreme court decision on a key inheritance tax case all highlight the importance of using trusts for estate planning, a leading IHT expert has said.
Generali Worldwide has launched an online tool that allows financial advisers to analyse the progress of client plans and to financially assess the potential impact that altering various plan details would have on their objectives.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Technology Research Institute have rolled out a programme that provides fintech internships for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as part of its latest move to become Asia’s leading fintech hub.
UK financial advisers will not receive support from the financial guidance body that will be created through the amalgamation of the Money Advice Service (MAS), The Pension Advice Service (TPAS), and Pension Wise.
HM Revenue & Customs has withdrawn 4,300 accelerated payment notices (APNs), meaning that one in 14 of the 60,000 upfront tax payment requests has been sent in error, says accountancy firm Moore Stephens.
Fintech firms will be able to test certain services in Australia without holding a financial services or credit licence under a “unique” exemption offered by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Asic).
Adviser built-wrap Nucleus has launched an online portal to help UK adviser firms with their professional and practice development.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is looking to introduce an ethics module in exams taken by financial advisers and capital markets intermediaries, in the wake of the 1MDB scandal.
The UK Government’s proposed ban on pensions cold-calling will deter scammers but must be just the start of a concerted effort to drive fraudsters out of the market, says AJ Bell.
A tighter framework for closed books of life and pensions business has been unveiled by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) after uncovering poor practices in parts of the industry.
The gap between tax avoidance and evasion is disappearing and it is “immoral” to refer to it in the modern tax debate, said Richard Murphy, professor in practice in international political economy at City, University of London.
The UK financial advice industry is failing to recruit graduates and trainees into the sector, according to a new study by Investec Wealth & Investment (IW&I).
