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Ex-StanChart Private Bank head charged with bribery
A former private banking head at Standard Chartered Bank in China has been charged by Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) this week with accepting a bribe.
M&G begins Brexit-linked shift of funds to Luxembourg
Fund manager M&G Investments has begun to transfer the assets of four UK-domiciled open-ended funds with assets of around €10.5bn (£9.3bn) to equivalent funds on its Luxembourg platform.
FEIFA opens its doors to lawyers and tax experts
The Federation of European IFAs (Feifa) has launched an Associate Membership aimed at advisers’ allied professions.
Tax & Technical | news 11 Jan 18
Common Reporting Standard’s conflict with data human rights
The intrusive Common Reporting Standard will only be curbed if someone is prepared to sacrifice their own privacy in a test case to assert the right to privacy for everyone, according to a partner at British law firm Mishcon de Reya.
Investment | news 10 Jan 18
Tilney cuts funds in portfolios from 70 to 30
Wealth manager Tilney has “eliminated the low-hanging fruit” and reduced the number of funds it holds in its portfolios from 70 to 30.