United Kingdom

Best Practice | 5 Jan 18

The UK Government is raising awareness of the signs of money laundering and the risks firms and professionals face if caught facilitating or failing to reporting financial crime.

People Moves | 4 Jan 18

HSBC Private Banking has expanded its High Net Worth team, appointing Sam Ward as a senior relationship manager, and making several appointments from within HSBC.

Best Practice | 4 Jan 18

In its ongoing fight against tax evasion, HM Revenue & Customs has revealed its top ten tax fraud and organised crime cases of 2017. The list includes people with offshore accounts, a would-be spy, millionaires, accountants and data thieves. All cases came with large prison sentences.

Europe | 4 Jan 18

The chairman of a £2.5bn wealth manager believes Britain will benefit from abandoning the European Union and it has a stronger hand in Brexit negotiations than many realise.

Asia | 3 Jan 18

Inflation rates rising, the Chinese economy slowing and the US pushing back against free trade agreements are all real possibilities investors must “carefully monitor” in 2018, according to deVere Group chief executive Nigel Green.