Tax & Regulation | 3 Feb 14
qrops industry in split over pre-age-55
A debate is under way in the QROPS industry about whether pension fund trustees are right to permit QROP scheme members to begin taking pension benefits before the age of 55‚ if the scheme members have lived outside the UK for more than five complete tax years.
thailand expats coming to terms with
The day after anti-government protesters successfully prevented millions of Thai citizens from voting in a general election that the main opposition party boycotted‚ expats living in the country were said by their financial advisers to be coming to terms with the prospect of continued political turmoil.
wisdomtree to expand into uk and europe
US-based asset manager WisdomTree Investments is expanding into Europe through a majority investment in UK ETP provider Boost.
time to look again at japanese equities
After decades of disappointments following the 1990 market crash‚ Japanese equities have returned an astonishing 82% (Topix Index) in Yen terms over the past 15 months.
Tax & Regulation | 30 Jan 14
hmrc claims 100m victory in offshore tax evasion
A “serial avoidance promoter” has lost its third attempt to appeal a decision by HM Revenue & Customs that an offshore scheme it was running avoided tax illegitimately.