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Analysis: Reasons to be cheerful for offshore bonds into UK
As the headlines focus on the twists and turns of the Brexit talks, is there reason to be cheerful about offshore bond sales into the UK, and could there even be a renaissance for this long-standing HM Revenue & Customs-approved tax wrapper?
Investment | 18 Sep 17
Govt threatens crackdown on investor tax breaks
HM Treasury has threatened to clampdown on a tax-relief system encouraging the wealthy to invest in start-up firms over fears investors are abusing the system.
Serious Fraud Office closure scrapped
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office will not be folded into Britain’s version of the FBI after plans by prime minister Theresa May were abandoned.
Insurers in passporting rights plea to chancellor
Potential problems making pension and insurance payments post Brexit has prompted one member of parliament fight for clarity and the life industry pledge to engage with HM Treasury and EU partners to resolve passporting issues ahead of March 2019.
Expat pensions on the ‘cliff edge’
The chair of the UK Treasury select committee has called on the chancellor to provide clarity on expat pensions in the event of a “cliff edge Brexit”.