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Standard Life adds £400m to books in firm takeover
Standard Life’s financial planning arm, 1825, has struck a deal to acquire a financial management firm, adding £400m to its assets under advice.
Best Practice | news 4 Jan 18
UAE advisers taking cautious approach to VAT
Financial advisory firms operating in the UAE say while they still have questions about how the government’s new Value Added Tax (VAT) impacts the financial sector, it is better to be safe than sorry and assume it applicable to the services they provide.
2017 leaders and laggards
China equity funds lead, while natural resources and hedge funds underperform in our sister website Fund Selector Asia’s year-end ranking of the best and worst performing funds available to Hong Kong and Singapore investors.
IFA ordered to compensate client’s Caribbean investments
An IFA has been ordered to reimburse a client’s losses after she invested her pension into an off-plan Caribbean hotel scheme.
Switch your company DB pension to an insurer urge consultants
Consultants are predicting 2018 will be the best opportunity for companies to transfer defined benefit pension schemes to an insurer since the banking crisis in 2008.