UK financial advisory firm Alexander Beard Group is joining leading US law practice Pillsbury and accountancy advisers WeiserMazars to run a series of FATCA and international pensions-focused seminars in the US.
For a long time now, the appropriate use of QROPS for British expats who are resident in the US, has been in debate. Some see it as a credible solution whilst others say that the risks far outweigh the benefits.
Two directors of Tudor Capital Management have been jailed and ordered to pay back £5.1m after they set up a fraudulent pension scheme
EEA Fund Management has published a letter defending the role of advisers which sold its life settlements fund.
Many regulators around the world are now looking to behavioural science to better understand how investors really behave, according to John Price, commissioner for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has published proposed regulations, enshrining Americas controversial tax Act FATCA into law.
HM Revenue & Customs has issued its first accelerated payment notices to suspected tax avoiders, and will continue to do so on a monthly basis until it has sent out over 40,000 demands.
Global banks face a total of 63 potentially heavy fines over the next few years, according to analysts at German private bank Berenberg.
Standard Life has said ensuring that its customers outside of Scotland remain part of the UKs tax regime is one of its three biggest priorities in the event of the countrys independence following its upcoming referendum.
UK wealth managers remain concerned about the high compliance costs associated with MiFID II and its incompatibility with the traditional structure of UK non-bank wealth managers, says Jonathan Sokhanvari, COO at Multrees.
A cynical tax avoidance scheme which abused the reliefs offered for research into life-saving vaccines to claim back £77m, has been rejected at a second tribunal.
HM Revenue & Customs has established a taskforce to deal specifically with people trying to dodge property tax in the south west of England and in south Wales.
