12/10/2020

Financial Regulation Update

The FCA has published a Final Notice fining a financial advice firm £107,200 for providing its customers with unsuitable pension switching and transfer advice and failing to manage its conflicts of interest.

12/09/2020

FSR Outlook 2021: Paving the Way Forward

Protecting investors through a focus on end outcomes, managing innovation in payments, and ensuring digital operational resilience are of course high on the list.

12/09/2020

Five-year wealth tax plan could push thousands into debt

He added: This could push thousands of households who may be asset but not cash rich, into debt. A family owning a detached house in Southern England with modest pension and ISA savings could easily be caught.”

12/08/2020

Swiss Finance Launches Information Campaign

The private sector contributes 1 million Swiss francs ($1.12 million) towards the costs of the platform, spread over a period of five years, while the government contributes with know-how and staff.

12/08/2020

HMRC payments to tax evasion whistleblowers up 63%

BDO points out that in 2019 the US tax authorities over $120m (£90m) to whistleblowers, at an average of $664,000 (£500,000) per award, whilst collecting over $660m (£497m) of additional taxes.

12/08/2020

Global investment firm acquires the Acrotec Group

Acrotec recently expanded its position as a trusted MedTech contract manufacturer leveraging its high-precision engineering capabilities to service a diversified base of global customers.