Best Practice | 15 Aug 17
How to make the most of unused inheritance tax allowance
The UK tax office has recently updated its rules for transferring any unused portion of basic and additional IHT thresholds when the first person in a marriage or civil partnership dies.
People Moves | 15 Aug 17
PEOPLE MOVES: Quilter Cheviot, CBA, Stonehage Fleming
Australia’s largest bank is to lose its chief executive at the end of the next fiscal year, stirring speculation the move might be linked to a money laundering scandal. While, Quilter Cheviot promotes the deputy head of its Birmingham office to the branch’s top spot.
Tax & Regulation | 15 Aug 17
Football clubs feeling the heat of HMRC scrutiny
Following raids by HM Revenue & Customs on Newcastle United and West Ham and with over 40 players and 12 teams under review, football clubs in the UK are taking a more proactive approach to tax.
Wide profit gap at FTSE 100 firms sparks talk results spun
The gap between stated and adjusted profits for FTSE 100 companies is at a 10-year high, according to AJ Bell which has raised fears firms are intentionally “muddying the waters”.
Investment | 15 Aug 17
Time to clear out the clutter of small funds?
Small and expensive, are funds that have failed to hit £10m ($13m, €11m) in assets just clogging up the investment universe?