Investor interest in tax-efficient Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) funds, run by HM Revenue & Customs, is expected to rise despite managers being forced into higher-risk investments as a result of recent rule changes.
Building up your savings and reviewing your will are among the steps Hargreaves Lansdown has recommended for individuals considering divorce.
The UK Government is raising awareness of the signs of money laundering and the risks firms and professionals face if caught facilitating or failing to reporting financial crime.
In its ongoing fight against tax evasion, HM Revenue & Customs has revealed its top ten tax fraud and organised crime cases of 2017. The list includes people with offshore accounts, a would-be spy, millionaires, accountants and data thieves. All cases came with large prison sentences.
Financial advisory firms operating in the UAE say while they still have questions about how the government’s new Value Added Tax (VAT) impacts the financial sector, it is better to be safe than sorry and assume it applicable to the services they provide.
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.
Inflation rates rising, the Chinese economy slowing and the US pushing back against free trade agreements are all real possibilities investors must “carefully monitor” in 2018, according to deVere Group chief executive Nigel Green.
How ready are financial advisers for the wave of new rules expected to be firmed up and introduced by regulators in the UAE during 2018 and beyond?
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.
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The arrest of a Gibraltar based financial chief executive, the EU tax haven blacklist and expats angry at Brexit were among the top stories driving the agenda in 2017. To see the others, click through the slides.
In a move that clashes with comments made by the European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator, the Financial Conduct Authority has reassured firms that current passporting arrangements between the UK and EU will continue after the UK exits the EU.
