Industry
Retirement | 9 Aug 17
Sharp rise in UK advice firms providing pension transfers
There has been a 17% increase in the number of UK financial advice firms with regulatory permission to conduct defined benefit (DB) pension transfers over the past financial year, as demand from clients continues to rise.
Australia’s biggest bank flags sale of life insurance business
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is in talks to sell its life insurance business, the bank has revealed as it reported a 4.6% rise in annual cash earnings to AUD9.88bn (£6bn, $7.8bn, €6.64bn) and raised its dividend.
Tax & Regulation | 9 Aug 17
Ban and fine against former UK adviser network CEO upheld
An appeal by the former chief executive of an adviser network to overturn a ban on having any ‘significant influence’ on any regulated activity has been struck down and a fine upheld by the UK’s Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery Chamber.
Pakistan’s private pension funds assets up 32%
Pakistan’s private pension fund industry grew over 32% in the fiscal year ending in June 2017, with total assets under management rising to PKR25bn (£180.8m, $234.4m, €199.6m), data released by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) shows.
Tax & Regulation | 8 Aug 17
More dawn raids on tax evaders as HMRC ramps up action
Dawn raids on suspected tax evaders by UK authorities are up by a third to 669 over the five years to March, as HM Revenue & Customs steps up its pursuit of white-collar fraudsters, reports the Financial Times.