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Best Practice | 31 Jan 18
Limiting the downside when planning for Brexit
With talks on phase two of the Brexit negotiations expected to officially begin in March, how should financial advisers be reading the situation and preparing on behalf of their UK clients?
Craving for ETFs boosts European appetite for equity funds
European investors increased their risk appetite in 2017, recording high inflows into pure equity funds compared to outflows in the previous year, helped by a big rush into passive equity funds, according to a Thompson Reuters Lipper report.
PEOPLE MOVES: Metlife, Aviva and WH Ireland
WH Ireland appoints a chief operating officer from Brewin Dolphin, Aviva expands its emerging markets debt team and Metlife names a new head of its global employee benefits team.
Tax & Regulation | 30 Jan 18
‘Sophisticated’ client wins New Earth compensation bid
A client who lost £75,000 when he invested in a New Earth fund should be fully compensated by his adviser, the UK Ombudsman has ruled.
Appleby vs the BBC and Guardian – round 1 to the law firm
The law firm at the heart of the Paradise Papers leak has successfully blocked an attempt by the BBC and Guardian newspaper to transfer the case to what could have been a more favourable court.