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Best Practice | news 25 Sep 17
Proceed with caution over pension transfers, FCA told
Advisers need clarity and reassurance on defined benefit transfers, the FCA has been told by the pensions industry in response to its consultation on update existing guidelines around advising on DB transfers.
UK to take £5bn hit as non-doms head for the exit
UK Government coffers could shrink by £5bn ($6.7bn, €5.7bn) if the rising numbers of non-doms thinking about leaving the UK permanently go through with it, accountancy firm Moore Stephens has found.
Three ways the UK will go beyond EU insurance sales rules
The main UK regulator has pledged to go beyond the minimum requirements of the European Union’s new Insurance Distribution directive (IDD).
Levy to hit Hong Kong life insurance
Insurance policyholders in Hong Kong will be hit with a rising levy on premiums from 1 January 2018, the special administrative region’s new Insurance Authority (IA) has confirmed.
PEOPLE MOVES: Generali, Zurich, Manulife
Generali has named a replacement for the outgoing head of investments at its asset management division. Meanwhile, the chief executive of Zurich North America is to depart and Manulife has appointed a president and chief executive for Asia.