Law firm calls for urgent review of SIPP provider liability
SIPP providers should be held fully accountable where an investor has not taken financial advice, a law firm has said in a letter to the chief of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
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Thailand’s SEC files criminal complaint against adviser PPI
Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission said it has filed a criminal complaint against Professional Portfolio International (PPI), a financial planning and wealth management firm with offices across Southeast Asia, and two of its employees for operating a securities business without a licence.
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Summer Budget 2015: Saving the wealthy from record IHT rates?
Last week, it was revealed that HM Revenue & Customs took in a record £379m worth of inheritance tax (IHT) in April, but with the Tories today confirming a more lenient approach to the tax in Wednesday’s Summer Budget, what is the future price of passing down wealth?
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T. Rowe Price: Vietnam’s removal of foreign ownership limits will lift economy
International investors will be able to take a 100% stake in Vietnamese companies when the country scraps its foreign ownership limits in September, which T. Rowe Price’s Oliver Bell said will remove reluctance to invest in the market.
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HMRC takes in record levels of inheritance tax
HM Revenue & Customs took in nearly £400m worth of inheritance tax payments in April, the biggest ever amount for a single month.
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APFA urges UK Gov’t to ease regulatory burden on advisers
The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has urged the UK Government to overhaul financial regulation to reduce the burden placed on financial advisers.
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BNP Paribas launches RQFII fund
French asset management firm, BNP Paribas Investment Partners, has launched a fund which offers access to Chinese A shares through its renminbi qualified foreign institutional investor (RQFII) licence.
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Full spectrum: Intermediary profile with Spectrum IFA
With a dozen offices dotted around Western Europe and a flourishing profit ownership scheme under its belt, Spectrum IFA Group certainly shows no signs of slowing down as it now enters into its 12th year.
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Hong Kong tribunal backs SFC verdict to fine fund house
Hong Kong’s Securities & Futures Appeals Tribunal (SFAT) has backed a decision to fine and reprimand asset manager, Pride Fund Management, for refusing to resolve a financial dispute with a client.
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MAS fee disclosure proposal presents a ‘challenging timescale’
The six month window which the Monetary Authority of Singapore said it will give providers of investment-linked products (ILP) to standardise the way charges are presented to customers is expected to be a “challenging timescale”, Old Mutual International has said.
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OMGI to launch offshore global equity income fund
Old Mutual Global Investors is gearing up to launch the Old Mutual Global Equity Income Fund in August with the aim of providing total return to its offshore clients.
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CCBI renminbi ETF listed on Paris stock market
Hong Kong-based, CCB International Asset Management, has launched an exchange traded fund which it said is the first renminbi-dominated ETF to be listed in Paris.