Challenge to very first unexplained wealth order dismissed
UK’s National Crime Agency investigating properties worth £22m in south-east England
Irwin Mitchell
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Can UK agencies deal with unexplained wealth orders?
‘What’s a trust?’ asks one investigator
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The benefits of a Family Investment Company
People wanting to protect and maintain control of family wealth are increasingly turning to family investment companies. Ravi Francis, senior associate solicitor at Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth outlines the benefits and drawbacks of using such a structure.
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The privacy risks of cross border investing
What can unite the UK and Russia, Saudi Arabia and Qatar and Pakistan and India? The answer, as all nerds know, is not football but tax, specifically the Common Reporting Standard (CRS), according to Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth partner Alex Ruffel and solicitor Luke Micallef-Trigona.
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UK to review ‘complex’ inheritance tax
Chancellor Philip Hammond has written to the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) asking it to carry out a review into inheritance tax (IHT), which he said is “particularly complex” at present.
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Five Autumn Budget predictions
With chancellor Philip Hammond poised to release the government’s Autumn Budget on Wednesday, International Adviser has spoken to experts from Old Mutual Wealth, RSM, Mazars, Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth and Aegon to get their budget predictions.
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Cross border families ‘vulnerable to burial disputes’
Estate dispute experts at Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth are predicting a rise in burial disputes as family arrangements become increasingly complex, even in later life.
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PEOPLE MOVES: Aviva Investors, VAM Funds, Robeco
Aviva Investors has appointed a head of marketing for Asia Pacific, while Vam Funds has named an investment director. A JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs alum has joined Robeco as head of global distribution and marketing.
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PEOPLE MOVES: Sun Life, Irwin Mitchell, Sanlam and others
Sun Life appoints for HNW strategy in Hong Kong, Irwin Mitchell boosts its offshore and tax practice and Sanlam appoints from Neptune.
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PEOPLE MOVES: Manulife, Sanlam UK, GAM
Manulife Hong Kong has a new chief financial officer, while Sanlam UK has raided Close Brothers Asset Management to find a chief executive for its new private office proposition. GAM has poached its new representative director and president for Japan from Schroder Investment Management.
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Scotland could become jurisdiction for ‘new type of Qrops’
An independent Scotland could be the base for a “new type of Qrops”, a leading law firm’s pensions expert has predicted.
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Meet the Warringtons part 5: LPAs and entrepreneurs relief
The fictional Warrington family faces a death in the family, grapples with lasting powers of attorney and inheritance tax mitigation in the latest case study from Edward Stone, partner at Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth.