Tax & Regulation
Bahrain follows UAE with long-term investor visas
Bahrain’s government has announced it is working on a law that will allow foreigners to obtain 10 year “self-sponsored” visas, in an attempt to boost the jurisdiction’s position as a foreign investment destination.
Hong Kong regulator fines wealth manager HK$5m
Wealth manager Noah Holdings was fined by Hong Kong’s regulator for failure to comply with several requirements, including know-your-client and due diligence matters.
UK regulator punishes advice firm for register failure
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has taken strong action against a financial advice firm by cancelling its permissions after it failed to submit its regulatory returns.
Fines could drive UK pension cold-callers offshore
The UK Government has warned directors of companies who cold-call people regarding their pensions that they could be fined up to £500,000 ($663,562, €573,407), however one expert warns this may just drive their practices offshore.
FCA questioned over unregulated Sipp investments
The inclusion of unregulated and non-standard investments in self-invested personal pensions (Sipp) has been called into question by the UK’s Work and Pensions Committee.