Best Practice

Best Practice | 5 Jan 18

The UK Government is raising awareness of the signs of money laundering and the risks firms and professionals face if caught facilitating or failing to reporting financial crime.

Best Practice | 4 Jan 18

In its ongoing fight against tax evasion, HM Revenue & Customs has revealed its top ten tax fraud and organised crime cases of 2017. The list includes people with offshore accounts, a would-be spy, millionaires, accountants and data thieves. All cases came with large prison sentences.

Best Practice | 4 Jan 18

Financial advisory firms operating in the UAE say while they still have questions about how the government’s new Value Added Tax (VAT) impacts the financial sector, it is better to be safe than sorry and assume it applicable to the services they provide.

Best Practice | 4 Jan 18

Many financial advisers have spent far too long asking clients all the wrong questions and failing to listen to what they really want, according to international business consultant Brian Foster.

Asia | 3 Jan 18

Inflation rates rising, the Chinese economy slowing and the US pushing back against free trade agreements are all real possibilities investors must “carefully monitor” in 2018, according to deVere Group chief executive Nigel Green.