United Kingdom

Tax & Regulation | 20 Dec 16

Three former directors of a carbon credit scheme have been banned for a total of 44 years after investors in the fraudulent investment lost almost £3m ($3.7m, €3.5m), the UK’s Insolvency Service (IS) has revealed.

Best Practice | 19 Dec 16

UK financial advisers will not receive support from the financial guidance body that will be created through the amalgamation of the Money Advice Service (MAS), The Pension Advice Service (TPAS), and Pension Wise.

M&A Deals | 19 Dec 16

Private bank Arbuthnot Lathan and one of the UK’s largest financial advisory firms, Brewin Dolphin, have snapped up parts of wealth manager Duncan Lawrie as its parent company, Camellia, departs the private banking industry.

Best Practice | 19 Dec 16

HM Revenue & Customs has withdrawn 4,300 accelerated payment notices (APNs), meaning that one in 14 of the 60,000 upfront tax payment requests has been sent in error, says accountancy firm Moore Stephens.

Companies | 19 Dec 16

Pacific Investments group has hired former HSBC multi-asset portfolio manager Will Bartleet and Deutsche Bank’s former global head of risk factors Louis Cucciniello to help build up its newly formed multi-asset business, Pacific Asset Management (PAM).