Regions
Petition to scrap 25% Qrops charge on the slow road to nowhere
A bid to force the UK Government to repeal the 25% charge on qualifying recognised overseas pension schemes (Qrops) is not generating nearly enough signatures to generate a government response.
Tax & Regulation | 9 Mar 18
UK taxman ‘assuming the worst’ in offshore clampdown
HM Revenue & Customs is taking a hard line in its offshore tax probes, private client accountants have warned.
EU adding two Commonwealth, one US territory to tax blacklist
EU officials are set to add the Bahamas, St Kitts and Nevis and the US Virgin Islands to its tax haven blacklist, taking the total number of jurisdictions on the list to nine.
Eastspring establishes onshore presence in China
Eastspring Investments has joined the growing list of foreign asset managers who have set up an investment management wholly-foreign owned enterprises (IM Wfoe) in China.
Sanlam to take over Moroccan insurer in $1bn deal
Sanlam will take full control of Morocco’s Saham Finances for $1.05bn, and is actively looking for other acquisitions that will make it “number one, two or three” in the markets in which it operates.