United Kingdom
Tax & Regulation | 14 Apr 16
Fund fees fall by a fifth after RDR
Investors are now paying over a fifth less in annual fund fees as a result of the introduction of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to analysis by online investment platform rplan
Tax & Regulation | 13 Apr 16
Bespoke Sipp providers may ‘flounder’ in FCA cap ad changes
A number of British firms offering bespoke self-invested personal pensions (Sipps) could go out of business when the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) new capital adequacy requirements come into force in September, according to James Hay, one of the UK’s largest Sipps providers.
Tax & Regulation | 13 Apr 16
Jersey defends secrecy of beneficial ownership register
Jersey Finance, which represents the finance industry, has come out fighting against calls for the island’s register of who owns which companies to be made public in the wake of the Panama Papers leak.
Axa Wealth on the market again
Axa’s UK life insurance and wealth investment units are reportedly up for sale, in a move that could see the French insurance giant net up to £700m ($997.8m, €875m).
People Moves | 13 Apr 16
McDermott announces FCA departure
Tracey McDermott, acting chief executive of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), is to leave the organisation on 1 July 2016.