US tax authorities demand Singapore bank records
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wants Singapore to waive its bank secrecy laws and push UBS into releasing financial information of a US citizen.
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FATCA exceptions agreed by Swiss and US authorities
Accounts held by the lawyers or notaries of clients in Switzerland are now exempt from the United States’ Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) following the signing of an agreement by the countries’ authorities in February.
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Lombard Int’l sets up dual US-UK wealth solution
Lombard International Assurance, a provider of wealth structuring solutions for high net worth clients, has launched a new wealth planning product designed to meet the needs of US taxpayers and prospective US residents currently residing in the UK.
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MetLife in talks to sell US retail adviser business
MetLife, the largest life insurer in the US, confirmed on Thursday that it is in talks to sell its roughly 4,000-strong adviser force MetLife Premier Client Group to Massachusetts-based MassMutual Financial Group.
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Fund Selector: The ‘fangtastic’ four
2015 was the weakest year for US equities since 2008, the exception being the technology sector that was buoyed by the ‘Fangs’ – Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google.
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Source broadens US sector range with two new ETFs
UK-based exchange traded fund provider Source launched two new US sector Ucits ETFs, providing targeted exposure to the financial services and real estate sectors of the S&P 500 equity index.
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AIFMD having little impact on US fund managers
The scale of activity of US alternative fund managers in Europe has been barely affected by the introduction of the EU’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).
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ANALYSIS: The US economy is making wealth managers earn their money
The United States accounts for around half of the global equities index so whether you like the asset class or not you can never ignore it, or eliminate it from a portfolio.
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Sun Life revenue falls, confirms US wealth business closure
Net revenue was down by a quarter at Canada’s third largest insurer by assets, Sun Life Financial, during the fourth quarter and full year of 2015. The company also incurred a C$63m (£31.1m, $45.3m, €40.2m) restructuring cost related to the closure of its US wealth business.
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L&G expands US pension risk transfer business
Legal & General has entered into a second US pension risk transfer deal with a buy-out of around $65m (£44.9m, €57.7m) in pension liabilities.
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US expats should keep citizenship despite FATCA, says deVere
American expats should not renounce their citizenship because of FATCA without considering all of their options, according to Nigel Green, chief executive and founder of deVere Group.
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ANALYSIS: Did Uncle Sam shoot himself in the foot?
The first rate rise since the financial crisis was a long time coming and markets initially responded relatively well, but it is starting to look like a miss-step by the Federal Reserve.