Industry
Resurgent Brooks Macdonald Int’l boosts group results
Double-digit revenue growth by Brooks Macdonald International (BMI) helped drive the specialist discretionary fund management group’s total revenue up 17% to £45.3m ($55.1m, €51.8m) during the six months to 31 December 2016.
Tax & Regulation | 15 Mar 17
Fresh HMRC attack on tax evasion should ‘start with amnesty’
HM Revenue & Customs must issue one final amnesty for tax evaders to come clean about their financial affairs as part of a “concerted attack”, a leading tax firm expert has said.
Best Practice | 15 Mar 17
Why the new Qrops five-year circumstance change is critical
Many advisers woke up last Thursday morning aware their pipeline Qrops business had just been vastly reduced, says James Pearcy-Caldwell, co-founder of fee-based adviser Aisa International.
Asset management sector review dwarfs RDR, says Nucleus CEO
The UK Financial Conduct Authority’s report into the asset management sector is “way bigger” than the retail distribution review (RDR), with fund managers expected to “bear the sharp end of the pressure on fees”, says David Ferguson, chief executive of wrap platform Nucleus.
Retirement | 14 Mar 17
Scotland could become jurisdiction for ‘new type of Qrops’
An independent Scotland could be the base for a “new type of Qrops”, a leading law firm’s pensions expert has predicted.