Convoy freezes former directors British Virgin Islands assets
The former director of troubled Convoy Global has had his assets on the British Virgin Islands frozen, with the firm also filing a writ against him and 12 others, demanding they pay £16m in compensation.
Best Practice | 15 Feb 18
How was the British Steel pension scandal allowed to happen?
A damning report from the UK’s Work and Pensions Committee has blasted the actions of some financial advisers who acted like “vultures”, and who “bamboozled” British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) members, raising questions about how this could happen in a post-RDR world?
Environmental investing is suffering an identity crisis
More than £1bn of retail money flowed into ethical funds in 2017, representing the highest annual level of sales for this type of fund ever, but the sector’s progression is stifled by an identity crisis.
Bitcoin to become ‘significant feature’ in modern day divorce
The rise of cryptocurrency, and in particular Bitcoin, means divorcing couples may use the currency to hide their wealth from one another, warns a family law expert.
RL360° targeted in insurance scam
Insurance firm RL360° is the subject of a law suit on the Isle of Man for damages alleging breach of contract and negligence after it paid out a policy belonging to a deceased doctor, who turned out to be alive and the victim of identity theft.