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Financial centres slam Paradise Papers backlash
The UK’s crown dependencies and overseas territories have hit back at international media scrutiny and allegations that they facilitate tax avoidance and evasion following the leak of the Paradise Papers.
Prosecutions unlikely following Paradise Papers leak
Recent legislative changes to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion are not retroactive, so it is unlikely that there will be any prosecutions in the UK arising from the cyber attack on Bermuda-headquartered law firm Appleby, a partner at law firm Corker Binning has said.
Old Mutual Int’l on best business practice
Jason Pearce, area sales manager, Hong Kong and NE Asia at OMI, talks to International Adviser about Future Fit, a series of best practice modules that can help advisers run their businesses more efficiently.
Reforming Korea is too cheap to ignore
Korea is becoming more appealing to international investors as newly elected government officials in South Korea start to position themselves away from the country’s most powerful families and implement reform to eliminate many prevalent shareholder-unfriendly practices, says Jacob Mitchell, chief investment officer Antipodes Partners and manager of the Antipodes Global Fund – Ucits.
Best Practice | 27 Oct 17
Driving advice in Europe from sales to profession
Advisers in Europe need to embrace the hurricane of legislation that is about to hit them or risk “driving their business into a cul-de-sac with no reverse gear“, writes Chris Lean, a Czech-based chartered financial planner with Aisa International.