UK agrees tax evasion deal with Liechtenstein
UK authorities have agreed an unusual deal with Liechtenstein that offers British tax evaders with accounts there limited penalties in exchange for accounts disclosure.
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Slow recovery means stage is set for fixed income
Gregory Turnbull-Schwartz, fixed income manager for Aegon Asset Management, argues that conditions will remain right for investment grade debt for some time to come, contending runaway inflation is un
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New European IFA association sets out its goals
Helping IFAs cope with the growing regulatory burden in the EU will be a “major goal” for Feifa, the new trade association for financial advisers based in Europe.
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Friends agrees to Resolution takeover
Friends Provident is to be taken over by Clive Cowdery’s Resolution Holdings after the board of FTSE 100 insurer backed the Guernsey-domiciled investment vehicle’s latest 1.86bn bid.
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Canada Life Int’l adds protected gold fund, extends extra allocation offer
Canada Life International (CLI) has added a new capital protected version of the Julius Baer Physical Gold Fund to its offshore bond proposition.
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EU expansion for Equiom with Cyprus operation
Equiom, the Isle of Man headquartered trust company, has opened a Cyprus operation.
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BLME launching shariah-compliant money market Sicav for professional investors
Bank of London and the Middle East (BLME) has launched what it says is Europe’s first Shariah-compliant money market fund.
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Financial Partners splits to survive recession
Financial Partners, the offshore financial adviser with over US $1bn under advice, has sold its Japanese operation and is splitting into a network of independent regional businesses in a cost-cutting
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RBC cees unveils brace of Guernsey QROPS
Guernseybased RBC Corporate Employee & Executive Services (cees), part of Royal Bank of Canada, has launched two QROPS offering varying degrees of investment flexibility and benefits.
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Cofunds adds Thames River offshore funds to platform
Cofunds has added four offshore Thames River funds to its platform, in a further sign of the growing acceptance of overseas domiciled funds among UK investors.
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Friends Prov spurning of Resolution shines spotlight on Cowderys Guernsey structure
Friends Provident’s “thanks but no thanks” to Resolution’s £1.7bn takeover bid last month shone a spotlight on the structure of Clive Cowdery’s Guernsey-domiciled acquisition vehicle.
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HMRC rules makes emigrant tax advice more crucial than ever
Passport? Check. Lights off? Check. Cancelled the utilities? Check. Ensured you are compliant with the latest HMRC latest residency and domicile guidance on moving abroad? Errr Probably not, acco