UK wealth manager extends acquisition spree
A source close to the firm told International Adviser that it expects to make more acquisitions before 2019
UK Adviser
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Most UK adviser firms set up to help vulnerable clients
Only a small amount of UK financial advisers are prepared to send vulnerable clients to specialists in the sector.
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UBS AM launches UK-based strategic bond fund
The fund will have a minimum investment of just £1,000 ($1,290) (€1,130)
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Wealth managers’ UK expansion is a ‘targeted recovery’
Spate of hires due to fact that ‘there is simply not enough advisers to provide advice in the UK’
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DWP claims it will cost £500m to ‘unfreeze’ expat pensions
Uprating of expat pensions bound by legal requirements in the country to which person has retired
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High earners in UK stung by NI contributions rise
Gains made from rise in higher income tax rate threshold halved by NIC increase
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Hong Kong and UK regulations clash
Some retail funds in Hong Kong do not meet UK requirements for local distribution under new agreement
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Frozen pensions for expats ‘diminish quality of life’
93-year-old pension activist to present petition to Downing Street
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AMP sells Australian life and advice business to Resolution
Company shares fell by a quarter after a deal was announced
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UK and EU agree post-Brexit deal on Gibraltar
Gibraltar’s status as part of the UK signed off by Spain
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‘Bizarre’ court ruling nets UK taxman £300,000 in IHT case
Ruling leaves ‘a complex, nonsensical web of rules which risk layering on extra worry for beneficiaries’
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Tax pensions on death to make Budget add up, IFS tells gov’t
IFS suggests radical set of tax rises on wealthy retired to make UK tax system more efficient