Manulife wins wholly foreign-owned enterprise license in China
Manulife Investment (Shanghai) has been granted the wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) license with a registered capital of RMB 50m ($7.3m), the firm has announced.
Best Practice | 16 Mar 17
Bankers need ‘flexible ethics’ to progress
One in eight bankers say it is difficult to progress in their careers without ‘flexible ethical standards’ and sometimes feel it is necessary to ‘bend the rules’, a review by the UK’s Banking Standards Board (BSB) has found.
Tax & Regulation | 15 Mar 17
UK supreme court rules against inheritance challenge
An estranged daughter has lost a supreme court bid to overturn her mother’s will, which excluded her only child and left her £0.5m ($0.6m, €0.57m) estate to three animal charities, in a decision that leaves things “slightly confused”, says Old Mutual Wealth’s Rachael Griffin.
Best Practice | 15 Mar 17
Four key IHT planning tips for residential nil rate tax band
Some changes in inheritance tax law can affect wills and trusts, including the introduction of the first tranche of the Residential Nil Rate Band (RNRB) of £100,000 on 6 April 2017, says Karen Clark, tax partner in charge of the London private client team at RSM.
United Kingdom | 15 Mar 17
Two directors handed lengthy bans for worthless land scam
The directors of two companies have been banned for a total of 26 years for selling worthless land as an investment, in a scam that netted £2.2m ($2.7m, €2.5m) of which the directors retained £1.3m in commissions.