Momentum Pensions launches online Sipp portal
Momentum Pensions is positioning itself for further expansion in the growing UK Sipp market by launching a portal that enables applications to be submitted online.
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Anbang Insurance gets $10bn rescue package
Chinese insurance giant Anbang is to get a capital injection worth RMB60.8bn (£6.9bn, $9.7bn, €7.9bn), a month after control of the group was seized by the country’s insurance regulator and as its ex-chairman faces life behind bars.
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Five firms pull free pension transfer tool
Prudential, Scottish Widows and LV are the latest providers to stop their free pension transfer value analysis services (Tvas) for advisers, as they respond to regulator concerns that such tools could act as an inducement.
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Rapper plays hit song to avoid maximum tax evasion jail term
A US judge showed leniency in the tax evasion trial of rapper DMX after listening to one of his hit tracks about his difficult childhood.
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Saudi Arabia emerging market upgrade creates opportunities
Saudi Arabia’s promotion from frontier to emerging market in FTSE Russell indices is an opportunity for short-term investors to take profits, while longer-term investors can take the announcement as confirmation the market is moving in the right direction.
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10 year jail sentence for record-breaking tax scam
A disgraced Australian businessman has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for his involvement in a A$135m (£74m, $103m, €84m) international tax avoidance scam, bringing an end to what has been described as the largest tax fraud case in the nation’s history.
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LCCG’s new UK life company goes live with first acquisition
The newly formed UK life insurer launched by Life Company Consolidation Group (LCCG) has completed the acquisition of the business of Reliance Mutual Insurance Society.
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Darren Jones departs Guardian Wealth to join deVere
Guardian Wealth Management’s training and technical director, Darren Jones, has left the company to join deVere Group in a similar role.
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Wealth adviser plots 2018 Dubai growth
Despite increasing client acquisition by 34% last year, Arbuthnot Latham Dubai chief Paul Millar is not resting on his laurels.
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OMW hits pause on pension transfer service
Old Mutual Wealth is the second provider in a 24 hour period to suspend its transfer value analysis service (Tvas), following the Financial Conduct Authorities (FCA) new rules on pension transfers.
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Clients of defunct DFM set for payment
The UK’s Financial Services Compensation Scheme expects to shortly make the first payments to customers of discretionary fund manager Strand Capital, which entered administration in May 2017.
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Woodford loses investors money over three years
Investors in Neil Woodford’s flagship equity income fund have now lost money over the last three years, as 2018 brings more hardships for one of the UK’s favourite star managers.