UK chancellor Philip Hammond has admitted the government is “alive to the risk” that leaving the EU without a Brexit deal could create “legal uncertainties” for European cross-border pensions and insurance arrangements.
As Brexit looms over the future of their firms and clients, is the UK leaving the European Union the biggest concern for advisers based in the region?
A taskforce to examine how the £8trn ($10.6trn, €9.1trn) UK asset management business can beat the Brexit blues will be set up by the Treasury, City minister Stephen Barclay has revealed.
Investors are less confident about the UK now than they were in the aftermath of the Brexit vote or the UK snap election, according to the latest reading from the Lloyds Private Bank Investor Sentiment Index (LPBIS).
The UK should look to Jersey for inspiration on how to deal with the European Union after Brexit, the head of a British political think tank has suggested.
The Isle of Man, one of the UK’s crown dependencies, plans to strengthen its economic links with Commonwealth countries ahead of Brexit by becoming a strategic partner of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC).
Portfolio advisers are increasingly asking themselves why they are having to deal with so much regulatory change emanating from the EU, given the fast approaching deadline for Brexit in March 2019.
Britain’s Brexit minister David Davies has revealed that the European Union plans to restrict the residency rights of British expats living within the bloc once the UK leaves.
One in ten UK residents over the age of 50 want to retire overseas, with Spain topping the list of the most popular destinations, but they must do their “homework” first.
The Irish Government said it issued over half a million new passports in the first half of 2017 with the number granted to British applicants set to double this year as people rush to secure their EU residency.
It was a bad time to be an active manager in 2016, the year of Brexit and Trump, with underperformance plaguing funds as passives tracked the market higher and higher.
International tax and wealth management firm Blevins Franks has identified five key planning issues for UK citizens wanting to avoid punitive tax implications when making their move from Europe back to Britain. Click on the slides below to see them.
