Tax & Regulation
Tax & Regulation | 10 Aug 17
UK stately home donates Roman artefacts to pay IHT bill
North Yorkshire stately home Castle Howard has donated Roman artwork to the nation in lieu of nearly £5.5m ($7.1m, €6.1m) owed in inheritance tax.
Tax & Regulation | 10 Aug 17
Crown dependencies should be able to elect MPs, says Tory MP
Britain’s crown dependencies should be granted the same parliamentary representation given to devolved jurisdictions, a former member of the UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has said.
Retirement | 9 Aug 17
Sharp rise in UK advice firms providing pension transfers
There has been a 17% increase in the number of UK financial advice firms with regulatory permission to conduct defined benefit (DB) pension transfers over the past financial year, as demand from clients continues to rise.
Tax & Regulation | 9 Aug 17
Ban and fine against former UK adviser network CEO upheld
An appeal by the former chief executive of an adviser network to overturn a ban on having any ‘significant influence’ on any regulated activity has been struck down and a fine upheld by the UK’s Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery Chamber.
Pakistan’s private pension funds assets up 32%
Pakistan’s private pension fund industry grew over 32% in the fiscal year ending in June 2017, with total assets under management rising to PKR25bn (£180.8m, $234.4m, €199.6m), data released by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) shows.