Experts weigh in on the Autumn Statement
Members of International Adviser’s Tax & Technical Panel give their views and insights on chancellor George Osborne’s joint Autumn Statement and Spending Review.
Prudential
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Prudential launches extracting company profits tool
Prudential has launched a free online tool to help financial advisers develop best practice strategies for UK-based business-owner clients wanting to extract profits from their UK-based companies as part of their retirement plan.
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Prudential sees sales surge in Asia, HK stands out
Prudential’s Asia business powered ahead with impressive sales growth of 27% in the first nine months of this year against a backdrop of less favourable economic conditions.
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Prudential’s UK and Europe chief departs
British insurer Prudential has announced the departure of its chief executive for the UK and Ireland, Jackie Hunt, with immediate effect and the appointment of group investment director John Foley as her interim successor.
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Dead capital helps no one, says AILO’s Morgan-Moodie
The call for the world’s nine largest insurers to up their base capital by 10% under proposed ‘too big to fail’ rules does not show a considered appreciation of how well managed they are, AILO’s chief executive Alan Morgan-Moodie has told International Adviser.
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Pru move to Asia resurfaces, faces ‘too big to fail’ rules
Prudential, one of the international insurance companies identified by the Financial Stability Board as ‘global systemically important’, is reported to be considering again a move away from its UK headquarters to Singapore or Hong Kong.
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ANALYSIS: Why shining lights are needed in int’l life sector
The importance of having a parent company which believes in the underlying businesses it controls is an obvious statement presumably everyone would sign up to.
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Tax advice set to rocket over next two years
More than two thirds of financial advisers in the UK see specialist tax advice as the biggest growth area in their businesses over the next two years, according to a survey by Prudential.
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Pru promotes Solvency II boss to chief risk officer
Prudential has bumped the leader of its Solvency II programme up to the role of chief risk officer as well as making her an executive director on its board.
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Gov’t considers scrapping ‘regressive’ HNWI pension relief
UK pensions minister Ros Altmann has confirmed that the Government is considering the abolishment of the remaining “regressive” pension tax relief for high earners after slashing the benefits in last month’s Budget.
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Jupiter snags global distribution chief from Columbia Threadneedle
Jupiter Asset Management has snagged Columbia Threadneedle Investment’s Nick Ring as its new global head of distribution.
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Bond surrender: Technical briefing with Prudential
Partial surrenders of life assurance and similar policies create huge tax traps, which means advice on exit is just as important as it was at inception.