Tax & Regulation
Boiler room fraudsters ordered to refund $3.2m to victims
Investors were cold-called and pressured into opening trading accounts to invest in securities
Have long-term low rates skewed investment projections?
‘It is vitally important they are realistic, understandable and consistent’
Patience wearing thin with FCA’s ‘snail pace’ Woodford progress
Watchdog must ‘recognise its own failings in this saga and not just act as judge, jury and executioner’
UK government rejects proposed changes to tax regime
Its ‘wishy-washy’ response to the recommendations shows ‘how delicate the situation is’
3,500% rise in assets frozen by City of London Police
HMRC also seized £29m in the first 10 months of 2020/21