Europe
Investors step up European equity ETF buying
September saw renewed appetite for European equity exchange trade funds (ETFs) after flows had dropped in August, according to data from assert manager Blackrock. But it was another asset class that really stole the show.
Expat pensions at risk admits UK chancellor
UK chancellor Philip Hammond has admitted the government is “alive to the risk” that leaving the EU without a Brexit deal could create “legal uncertainties” for European cross-border pensions and insurance arrangements.
Ex-Chelsea defender sentenced to jail for tax fraud
Former Chelsea and Real Madrid defender Ricardo Carvalho has been sentenced to seven months in prison and fined €142,882 (£128,222 $167,717) for tax evasion.
President Macron eases France’s wealth tax for 2018
France is replacing its widely encompassing wealth tax with a new one which is more narrowly focused on property-related assets in draft rules issued by its government.
Madrid defender in second tax probe
Brazil and Real Madrid player Marcelo Vieira is facing the prospect of Spanish tax investigators trawling through his accounts for a second time.