Tax & Regulation

North America | 11 May 17

Barclays has agreed to pay more than $97m (£74.9m, €89.2m) to refund advice and mutual fund sales fees to US clients who were charged for services they did not receive.

Best Practice | 10 May 17

Now that the start button for the phased introduction of the nil rate residential band has been pressed, John Haley, technical sales manager at Utmost Wealth Solutions, explains that there are “many holes to leap through” to achieve the biggest outcome.

Europe | 9 May 17

Gibraltar is preparing for a post-Brexit scenario where firms will no longer have access to the European Union single market, focusing instead on maintaining a preferential relationship with Britain, a top government official has revealed.

North America | 9 May 17

Members of the European Parliament have asked the European Commission to open talks with the US to make data exchange under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) reciprocal.

Best Practice | 9 May 17

International insurance companies headquartered on the Isle of Man will only have to spell out to customers how much commission they will have to pay to intermediaries over the life of the product at the end of the sales process.