Investment | 13 Feb 13

US investment house First Trust Advisors is to enter the European ETF market with the launch of a new suite of ‘smart passive’ products, the firm announced today.

Tax & Regulation | 13 Feb 13

Tax experts say that a recent change in the rules governing a special form of debt known as “debts under a deed” will bring such debts which in fact are a form of asset within the inheritance tax net.

People Moves | 12 Feb 13

Mike Lightfoot, a well-known figure in Guernsey’s QROPS industry during the island’s rapid rise to prominence as a QROPS jurisdiction ahead of last April’s unexpected removal of 310 out of its 313 schemes by HMRC has been named operations director at First National Trustee Co.

Investment | 12 Feb 13

IDAD, a Petersfield, UK-based structured products specialist, has launched a new Natixis-branded product that it says is designed to deliver “high income along with a full return of capital” over its five-year term, through exposure to the UK, Taiwanese and Russian stock markets.

Investment | 11 Feb 13

IDAD, a Petersfield, UK-based structured products specialist, has launched a new Natixis-branded product that it says is designed to deliver “high income along with a full return of capital” over its five-year term, through exposure to the UK, Taiwanese and Russian stock markets.