Tax & Regulation
Chinese regulator sanctions firms for dodgy insurance products
China’s insurance regulator has banned three life insurance firms from applying for permission to sell new products for six months, after it found they had been offering “problematic” policies.
Best Practice | 21 Nov 17
Tough measures to tackle cold calling revealed
The government has revealed measures to ban pension cold calling as figures reveal that almost 11 million people, or one in six Brits, are cold-called about their pension each year.
Five Autumn Budget predictions
With chancellor Philip Hammond poised to release the government’s Autumn Budget on Wednesday, International Adviser has spoken to experts from Old Mutual Wealth, RSM, Mazars, Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth and Aegon to get their budget predictions.
Best Practice | 20 Nov 17
Storm brewing over UK pensions
There is a crisis brewing in the retirement income market where there is a lot of freedom but little choice, according to a study published Monday.
DeVere CEO demands FATCA repeal as Americans hand back passports
Donald Trump’s administration must scrap the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca), deVere Group chief executive Nigel Green has said, as record numbers of Americans renounce their US citizenship.