Best Practice | 21 Feb 18
Simplified IHT rules could go live in 2019
The UK’s Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) will publish a report on the processes and complexities around inheritance tax (IHT) in autumn 2018, opening the door to the possibility that IHT could be simplified within the next two years.
Platforms are dead, says The Lang Cat boss
Platforms have spurned the gift of the retail distribution review (RDR) and are dead, according to Mark Polson, founder of financial services consultancy The Lang Cat.
Lloyds financial planning business set for £50bn expansion
In a major push to expand into the financial planning and retirement industry, Lloyds Banking Group is looking to increase its open book assets in the sector by more than £50bn ($69.9bn, €56.5bn) by 2020, according to the company’s 2018 strategic plan.
Can Europe maintain its stellar 2017?
Recent statistics from Eurostat showed that the European Union economy expanded at its fastest rate for 10 years in 2017, registering a 2.5% increase on the year before.
Ex-Platforum head signs Fidelity and Bravura to own consultancy
Former Platforum head Heather Hopkins has launched a research and consulting business.