Qrops

Companies | 10 Nov 17

Isle of Man-based The Qrops Bureau has rebranded as QB Partners to reflect the broader scope of technical support it offers to financial advisers and product providers.

Africa | 4 Oct 17

Clients will be able to buy structured notes, ETFs and mutual funds via an execution-only investment app launched by deVere Group on Wednesday.

Companies | 12 Sep 17

UK financial services firm STM Group doubled its pre tax operating profit during the first six months of 2017, with new business from self-invested personal pension (Sipp) products helping offset the impact of the new government levy on transfers to foreign pension schemes.

Best Practice | 22 Aug 17

The UK government’s decision to make pension transfers into recognised overseas schemes a statutory right has been welcomed by the industry, but experts caution that advisers will need real expertise to ensure clients don’t fall victim to scams.

Best Practice | 21 Aug 17

As part of its crackdown on pension scams, HM Treasury has confirmed that it will limit the statutory right to transfer but will extend the proposed criteria to include qualifying recognised overseas pension schemes (Qrops).