Europe
ESG: the art of predicting the future
Socially-responsible investing is not about short-term gains, says Union Investment’s sustainability chief Florian Sommer, it’s about divining future business trends and working out which companies are best able to adapt.
Best Practice | 22 Jun 18
Guernsey court limits trustee tax error rule
The Guernsey Court of Appeal has made a key judgement on a rule that allows trustees to correct decisions they made on the basis that there were unintended consequences – often unforeseen taxes.
Brexit promise could see UK pensions raided
UK prime minister Theresa May shocked many political observers when she promised a £20bn ($26.4bn, €22.8bn) funding boost for the National Health Service (NHS) by 2023 last weekend raising the question of how to pay for it.
Panama Papers law firm unable to identify 75% of its clients
A leak of 1.2 million new documents shows that Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers scandal, could not identify the owners of up to three quarters of the companies it administered.
Chinese asset managers eyeing European investors
More China-based asset managers are expected to internationalise and target European investors, according to Alessandro Silvestro, Hong Kong-based managing director, Asia Pacific, at Lemanik Asset Management.