Industry
PEOPLE MOVES: Generali, HSBC Life, Lombard Odier
Generali Group parts ways with its chief insurance officer, HSBC Life appoints a new chief executive and Lombard Odier pulls its new head of family wealth services from UBP.
Best Practice | 20 Oct 17
HMRC sets out ‘opaque’ abusive tax scheme penalties
Advisers who enable abusive tax avoidance schemes face penalties that will take into account “relevant considerations”, draft guidance from HM Revenue & Customs revealed on Friday.
Best Practice | 19 Oct 17
New tax register ‘burdensome’ for beneficiaries
Beneficiaries who fail to comply with the UK’s new Beneficial Trust Register may face fines and prosecution, warns accounting, tax and advisory practice Blick Rothenberg.
The Fry Group unveils global multi-wrapper platform
International financial adviser The Fry Group has joined forces with the UK platform Nucleus and fintech firm Independent Strategic Group (ISG) to create a global multi-currency and wrapper platform in key expat markets around the world.
Praxis second acquisition boosts pension offering
PraxisIFM is extending its pension services with the acquisition of a 50% stake in RiskCo Group in the Netherlands.