UAE insights: six months until BOD49 comes into force
Financial advisers give their views on how they think the regulation will impact the industry
Tax & Regulation
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UK regulator lays down the law over PI insurance cover
As PFS calls for changes to primary legislation to ensure advisers won’t leave DB transfer market
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Advisers struggle to find time to source new clients
As regulation hamstrings their ability to grow their businesses
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Acuity aims to ease regulatory burden for life insurers
As in-house product oversight and governance risks accusations firms are ‘marking their own homework’
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Suspected UK tax evasion arrests drop to five-year low
HMRC may have become more wary following accusations it has been ‘trigger happy’
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Xabi Alonso acquitted of tax fraud
He faced up to five years in jail and a €4m fine
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Australian life insurer fined A$700,000 for ‘hawking’
It used a telemarketing firm to cold-call clients
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Are pre-nups a wealth management tool?
While the contract has been criticised as ‘unromantic’, it can make financial planning easier
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IFAs still confused by nil rate band rules
Some are uncertain about tax penalties and what the limit is for gifts
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HMRC could face legal battle with outgoing Rangers chairman
Tax bill for football club’s use of employee benefit trusts might be overestimated by £50m
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‘Appalling’ fraudster hit with confiscation order
Twelve months after he was handed a five-year jail term for scamming £3m from investors
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High earners face fines over unreported pension contributions
‘Shocking saga around the annual allowance for pension tax relief gets worse’