Regions
UK government considers flat-rate pension tax
HM Treasury is investigating whether to introduce a flat rate of pension tax relief, in a bid to raise an extra £4bn (€4.5bn, $5.3bn) a year for the National Health Service (NHS).
Old Mutual Global Investors unveils new name
In the next step in OMGI’s journey to becoming a standalone single-strategy business, the company announced on Friday that it is to be rebranded Merian Global Investors.
The privacy risks of cross border investing
What can unite the UK and Russia, Saudi Arabia and Qatar and Pakistan and India? The answer, as all nerds know, is not football but tax, specifically the Common Reporting Standard (CRS), according to Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth partner Alex Ruffel and solicitor Luke Micallef-Trigona.
North America | 6 Jul 18
Delaware gives ‘critical’ backing to ailing US beneficial owners list
The United States’ most nebulous jurisdiction has backed a bid in Congress to create a beneficial ownership register.
Credit Suisse Hong Kong to pay $77m for corrupt hiring scheme
Credit Suisse’s investment bank in Hong Kong will pay a total of $77m (£58.2m, €65.9m) to settle criminal and civil proceedings taken by the US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its role in a corrupt hiring scheme.