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Best Practice | 22 Feb 18
Is the pan-European pension plan a flop in the making?
The pan-European personal pension product aims to make long-term savings simpler while providing greater mobility across EU borders but there are critics that say the scheme, unless radically rethought, is doomed to fail.
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.
Leading industry figures respond to the cryptocurrency mania
As cryptocurrencies grab headlines with sky-high valuations, governments and the financial industry remain split over how to respond.
Best Practice | 20 Feb 18
Three adviser wish lists for future IHT overhaul in UK
Inheritance tax rules are yet again set to change in a bid by the UK chancellor Philip Hammond to simplify the process.
Best Practice | 20 Feb 18
UK pensions watchdog and police team up in cold-calling case
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and the police are jointly investigating a number of pension schemes suspected of being linked to cold calling, resulting in a trustee being appointed to a wealth management firm.