IA toughens stance on disclosure
The UK’s Investment Association has proposed tougher standards of disclosure and transparency across investment and pension products.
The UK’s Investment Association has proposed tougher standards of disclosure and transparency across investment and pension products.
Demand for low-volatility investment products is set to grow, Aegon said on Wedesday, as pension changes see an increase in retirees choosing drawdown and investors burned in the financial crisis remain cautious.
Taxpayers in the United Kingdom are wasting around £4.9bn in unnecessary tax payments due to an absence of awareness, lack of concern or insufficient knowledge, a report suggests.
The United Kingdoms economy grew by 0.5% in the final quarter of 2014, down from 0.7% the previous three months.
A reform to ISA tax rules will allow non-UK resident individuals to transfer a deceased partners ISA assets for the first time.
The Bank of England has reassured insurance companies that they will not be hit with enormous additional capital requirements when the long-awaited Solvency II regulations come into force next year.
Coutts has appointed a new head of fiduciary investments as it continues to invest in its Jersey trust business.
St Jamess Place saw its funds under management read record highs last year, driven in part by its acquisition of The Henley Group.
David Howell, chief executive at Guardian Wealth Management, looks at how fully flexible QROPS will affect international IFAs.
Old Mutual Wealth has appointed two pensions specialists to its UK specialist sales teams as it prepares for this years reforms.
Guernsey licensed 85 new international insurers during 2014, including eight limited companies.
BNY Mellon Investment Management is to launch a multi-asset income fund as the firm seeks to capitalise on client demand stemming from the changing pensions landscape.