Tax & Regulation | 22 Jul 15

The UK tax office has decided to offer pension savers the ability to protect their entitlement to £1.25m lifetime allowance when a new lower limit is introduced on 6 April 2016, but is looking at changing the way individuals register for the protection.

Offshore Bonds | 22 Jul 15

HM Revenue & Customs has proposed strengthening the ‘hallmarks’ it uses to identify inheritance tax planning arrangements but has excluded certain types of trusts used alongside life assurance policies.

Europe | 22 Jul 15

Luxembourg-based VAM Funds has signed a deal with Close Brothers Asset Management (CBAM) to give its non-UK-based advisers the chance to tap into the latter’s discretionary fund management services.

Investment | 22 Jul 15

With MPC minutes having today revealed growing concerns about UK inflation it suggests that, alongside rising interest rates, investment strategists are going to have plenty to ponder by the time the summer fades.

United Kingdom | 22 Jul 15

Ousted Financial Conduct Authority boss Martin Wheatley has said he is “disappointed” to be leaving his job at the UK regulator and feels a “sense of unfinished business” at doing so.