Berkshire Hathaway Speciality Insurance (BHSI) has unveiled four new executive and professional products in Australia, with the Professional First Financial Planners Professional Indemnity (PI) Insurance specifically geared towards the financial advice sector.
A financial adviser from Australia has been sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in prison after he pleaded guilty to 33 counts of fraud and 21 counts of falsifying records that resulted in investors losing millions.
The Australian Government closed its consultation period on Monday for new legislation designed to raise education, training and ethical standards for financial advisers.
The decision by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to drop thousands of Qrops from its list of recognised overseas pension schemes was one of the biggest stories of 2015.
Australia’s main financial regulator is seeking to wind up two land banking schemes as part a crackdown on the real estate investment vehicles.
An examination of the impact pension freedoms have had on other countries exposes the potential downsides and risks facing UK retirees and the British state, a think tank has warned.
A group of expats who invested in failed LM Investment Management funds have secured support from the British Embassy in Thailand.
Australia’s finance industry regulator is planning to provide guidance to the financial advisory industry on robo-advice.
One of the world’s largest emerging markets investors, Mirae Asset Global Investments, explains why it is targeting wealth managers in Australia, Asia and the Middle East.
Financial advisers linked to the failed LM Investment Management funds, in which many expats in the Middle East and Asia lost money, have criticised the rising bills from insolvency practitioners and the slow pace of Australian regulators in dealing with the case.
More than half of the wealthiest people in Britain are committed to spending much of their retirement overseas, according to latest research by Old Mutual Wealth.
International pensions administrator STM Group is looking to offer QROPS tailored for UK expats in Australia after HMRC scrapped thousands of schemes from its approved list in July.
