United Kingdom
Tax & Regulation | 15 Mar 17
UK supreme court rules against inheritance challenge
An estranged daughter has lost a supreme court bid to overturn her mother’s will, which excluded her only child and left her £0.5m ($0.6m, €0.57m) estate to three animal charities, in a decision that leaves things “slightly confused”, says Old Mutual Wealth’s Rachael Griffin.
United Kingdom | 15 Mar 17
Two directors handed lengthy bans for worthless land scam
The directors of two companies have been banned for a total of 26 years for selling worthless land as an investment, in a scam that netted £2.2m ($2.7m, €2.5m) of which the directors retained £1.3m in commissions.
Resurgent Brooks Macdonald Int’l boosts group results
Double-digit revenue growth by Brooks Macdonald International (BMI) helped drive the specialist discretionary fund management group’s total revenue up 17% to £45.3m ($55.1m, €51.8m) during the six months to 31 December 2016.
Tax & Regulation | 15 Mar 17
Fresh HMRC attack on tax evasion should ‘start with amnesty’
HM Revenue & Customs must issue one final amnesty for tax evaders to come clean about their financial affairs as part of a “concerted attack”, a leading tax firm expert has said.
Asset management sector review dwarfs RDR, says Nucleus CEO
The UK Financial Conduct Authority’s report into the asset management sector is “way bigger” than the retail distribution review (RDR), with fund managers expected to “bear the sharp end of the pressure on fees”, says David Ferguson, chief executive of wrap platform Nucleus.