Swiss private bank Julius Baer said it has reached a deal with the US Department of Justice to pay $547m to settle tax evasion allegations, and at the same time two former Julius Baer bankers pleaded guilty to helping American clients dodge taxes.
One year on from rebranding Skandia International as Old Mutual International, sales director Marcel Bradshaw talks about the positive impact of the process, the rationale behind the company’s sponsorship of the England rugby teams and the shift to outsourced investment solutions
Despite an exodus of life companies and increasing oversight, Globaleye’s Byron Murphy says Singapore, in offering high-quality advice, remains a honeypot for IFAs.
Global asset management firm Legg Mason has announced plans to cut out trail commissions on its UK authorised funds effective from 1 April 2016 in line with the rules set down in Retail Distribution Review (‘RDR’).
The Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD), which will regulate the distribution of insurance products across the EU, will come into full force by February 2018.
The UAE’s insurance regulator has granted its first brokerage licence in around eight years, to international IFA firm Guardian Wealth Management.
Horror stories have been rife since HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) committed to transforming and digitising the UK tax system at the March 2015 budget. To allay fears the tax regulator has addressed some of the myths that have arisen.
A return to commission payments would be a huge step backwards and contrary to the retail distribution review, said industry leaders after the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) interim chief executive failed to rule out a return to commission payments.
A planned new code of conduct governing how Isle of Man-based insurers do business is likely to urge firms to only operate in regions where they are appropriately licensed, according to a highly placed industry source.
The new chief executive of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been named as Andrew Bailey, the Bank of England’s deputy governor for prudential regulation and chief executive of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA).
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) has outlined plans to push ahead with the introduction of a ‘Bond Connect’ scheme to give foreign investors wider access to the Chinese debt market, similar to the way the Stock Connect program bolsters trading between Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Switzerland has signed joint declarations on the automatic exchange of information (AEOI), described as “FATCA on steroids”, with Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man.
