Industry
PEOPLE MOVES: Nucleus, J Safra Sarasin, JO Hambro
Nucleus has appointed a successor to chairman Paul Bradshaw who died in January. J Safra Sarasin is targeting ultra-high net worths in Asia with a new division and managing director, while JO Hambro Capital Management prepares to bid farewell to an investment management veteran.
Bob Diamond joins forces with Qatari bank for London comeback
Former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has teamed up with a Qatari investment bank to buy one of London’s oldest stockbroking firms Panmure Gordon.
Tax & Regulation | 16 Mar 17
HMRC tax avoidance case against Rangers football club ends
HM Revenue & Customs’ seven-year pursuit of Rangers Football Club for aiding and abetting tax avoidance ended on Thursday after two days at the UK supreme court, with a judgment expected within three to six months.
Generali delivers solid results as life business improves
Italian insurer Generali Group described its 2016 results as “excellent”, benefitting from “very strong net inflows” in its Life segment, an earlier cost cutting exercise, and a change in the product mix of its domestic business.
S Africa to end ‘too generous’ overseas worker tax break
South Africa is to draft legislation overhauling its residence-based tax rules so that South Africans working in countries with no income tax, such as the UAE, will be liable to pay tax in their home country.