Tax & Regulation
Panama Papers help S Africa disclosure scheme hit ZAR3.3bn
South African taxpayers have fessed up to unauthorised foreign assets and income worth ZAR3.3bn (£200m, $278m, €224m), some with links to the Panama Papers, under the country’s special voluntary disclosure programme (SVDP).
Tax & Regulation | 7 Mar 18
Disgraced adviser admits perverting course of justice
A financial adviser who funded a lavish lifestyle from investments in an unauthorised collective investment scheme has admitted perverting the course of justice.
EU tax haven blacklist to dwindle to six
EU finance ministers are expected to remove three more jurisdictions from the EU tax haven blacklist, meaning it has shrunk from 17 to just six since its inception in December.
Financial planning chief warns of advice ‘apocalypse’
In a scathing note aimed at Brussels, a senior adviser and industry association boss has severely criticised the European regulatory “circus”.
FCA leaves pension providers in the dark on climate risk
Pension providers have called on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to provide clarity about their obligations in managing climate risk in contract-based pensions and for the regulator to better align itself with The Pensions Regulator, which oversees trust-based pensions.