United Kingdom
Best Practice | 14 Dec 16
Nucleus launches online learning platform for advisers
Adviser built-wrap Nucleus has launched an online portal to help UK adviser firms with their professional and practice development.
Tax & Regulation | 14 Dec 16
UK to make ‘polluters’ pay in FSCS levy shake-up
The UK regulator has proposed changing the financial compensation scheme to make riskier, so-called ‘polluter’ firms pay higher levies.
Tax & Regulation | 12 Dec 16
FCA fines down more than 97% in 2016
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) netted £22.2m ($27.9m, €26.4m) in fines against 23 financial institutions during 2016, a more than 97% drop from last year, reports the Guardian.
Tax & Regulation | 12 Dec 16
Footballers strike HMRC deal to slash tax bills on image rights
Around 180 football stars are using ‘companies as pension pots’ to save tax on their earnings after their clubs struck a deal with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
Mike Coady departs deVere Group with ‘immediate effect’
Michael Coady has stepped down as managing director of deVere United Kingdom, deVere Mortgages and as chairman of UK Workplace Solutions; the three deVere Group brands in the UK.