Best Practice Adviser Awards Singapore 2017
IA presents video highlights from the event, which was held on 12 October at the Marina Mandarin Hotel in Singapore.
Best Practice
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Analysis: Asia’s advisers called to arms
Winners of International Adviser’s Best Practice Adviser Awards in Asia have called on their peers, product providers and regulators in Hong Kong and Singapore to help drive positive change within the industry.
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Driving advice in Europe from sales to profession
Advisers in Europe need to embrace the hurricane of legislation that is about to hit them or risk “driving their business into a cul-de-sac with no reverse gear“, writes Chris Lean, a Czech-based chartered financial planner with Aisa International.
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Old Mutual Int’l on building sustainable advice businesses
Huw Wedlock, area sales manager, Asean at Old Mutual International talks about giving the intermediary market the right tools to be successful and how implementing a performance management framework.
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Analysis: South Africa’s commission conundrum continues
Upfront commission remains a burning issue in South Africa, as the nation’s financial advice sector awaits the regulator’s next move following the signing of the ‘Twin Peaks’ legislation into law.
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DB pension transfer complaint redress guidelines updated
The way in which firms calculate redress for complaints about defined benefit (DB) pension transfer advice was updated by the Financial Conduct Authority on Friday.
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Undeclared offshore interests face 200% penalties
The UK tax office is planning to introduce hefty new penalties of up to 200% on taxpayers with undeclared offshore investments, prompting calls from the Association of Taxation Technicians for people to get their affairs sorted sooner rather than later.
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Tax evasion/avoidance make up a fifth of the £34bn UK tax gap
The UK lost out on a fifth of the tax revenue it expected to raise in 2015/16 because of evasion and avoidance, figures released on Thursday by HM Revenue & Customs show.
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Analysis: Advisers can benefit from Brexit
There are some serious positives for savvy advisers with the long shadow of Brexit negotiations driving expats to seek professional advice in droves.
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UK watchdog recruits public to fight scammers
The Financial Conduct Authority is urging the public to report and speak out against investment scammers after finding that more than a fifth of those contacted by a suspected fraudulent investment firm stay silent.
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Analysis: Regulatory confusion reigns in the UAE
IFAs in the UAE continue to play guessing games ahead of the Insurance Authority’s unveiling of plans for commissions caps, greater transparency in customer contracts and tighter rules on financial advice.
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Advisers torn over DB transfer concerns
Financial advisers are divided over their concerns around the defined benefit (DB) transfer market, according to a poll conducted by global asset manager Russell Investments.