Tax & Regulation
Best Practice | 3 Oct 16
UK mulls scrapping advice rule for overseas pension transfers
The UK’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is considering whether to scrap the ‘advice safeguard’ for expats, which requires individuals to consult an FCA-regulated adviser before they can transfer their defined benefit (DB) pension savings into an overseas pension scheme.
Concerns raised over plans to create Kenyan super regulator
Kenya’s financial services industry has raised concerns over plans announced by the country’s government earlier this year to merge four supervisory authorities in order to create one super regulator.
Tax & Regulation | 30 Sep 16
HMRC data sharing deal with Crown dependencies goes live
A new data sharing agreement has officially come into force with the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) expected to be handed the details of hundreds of thousands of offshore accounts on Friday as part of a move for wider transparency from the Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey and the Cayman Islands.
Tax & Regulation | 30 Sep 16
Insights into new regulations in S.Africa, UAE, and Isle of Man
How will new mutual fund regulation in the UAE impact on portfolio bonds and unit-linked funds?
Tax & Regulation | 29 Sep 16
UK advisers must record calls under new FCA Mifid II rules
Financial advisers in the UK may be required to record phone calls to clients under the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) proposals regarding Mifid II, which also looks at extending the RDR commission ban for portfolio managers.