UK Adviser
Tax & Regulation | 9 Jul 14
Tax avoiding celebs should
A senior accountant has said celebrities should consider their long term reputations when hiding their assets from HM Revenue & Customs, as a variety of popular figures are criticised for using controversial tax avoidance scheme Liberty.
WMA doubts RDRs future in a MiFID worlsd
The Wealth Management Association (WMA) has cast further doubt on whether the UK’s Retail Distribution Review (RDR)and the upcoming Markets in Financial Directive (MiFID II) will be able to coexist, as it attempts to cope with the latter’s “horrendous” consultation period.
United Kingdom | 8 Jul 14
FSCS identifies offshore industry as key
The FSCS has identified overseas and cross-border failures as one of the main external risks that have led to its risk management and contingency planning reform.
Tax & Regulation | 3 Jul 14
HMRC up front taxing to trigger wave
Controversial proposals to allow HM Revenue & Customs to retrospectively charge contentious tax up front could trigger a “wave of insolvencies” and indirectly affect shareholders, warns a leading accountancy firm.
Henderson launches global natural
Henderson Global Investors has launched a global natural resources fund that will invest in liquid assets from more than 1000 natural resource companies, with a market capitalisation in excess of $2bn.