Regions
FCA keeps ‘unsuitable’ DB transfer assumption
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has backtracked on a proposal to change its position that an adviser should assume that a Defined Benefit (DB) pension transfer is “unsuitable” for a client.
Miton Optimal to offer DFM services in Singapore
Cape Town-based Miton Optimal, a discretionary fund management specialist firm, has received a full capital markets licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
PEOPLE MOVES: WHIreland Int’l Wealth, AIA and HANetf
WHIreland hires a PWC partner as non-executive chairman, AIA Singapore announces its next chief technology adviser while HANetf appoints a former Blackfriars employee as director of operations.
Tax & Technical | 23 Mar 18
Contractor pay needs rethink – tax expert
A tax expert has called for UK legislation which has triggered a freelance pay scandal at the BBC, to be overhauled.
United Kingdom | 23 Mar 18
Offshore ‘Crook’s Bank’ developer facing £1m fine
A money launderer who developed an online service for criminals using bank accounts in Portugal, the Cape Verde Islands, Jersey, Cyprus, and Switzerland has been ordered to pay £1m.