Best Practice | 1 Feb 18
Comedian tax avoider wants loopholes axed
English comedian Jimmy Carr, who was at the centre of a tax avoidance scheme that nearly ended his career, wants to scrap tax loopholes and send them to Room 101, the torture chamber from the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Best Practice | 31 Jan 18
Sipps among most upheld complaints, reveals Ombudsman
More than half of the complaints around self-invested personal pension schemes (Sipps) passed to a financial ombudsman were upheld during the three months to 31 December 2017, making it one of most upheld areas of complaint.
Copia Capital Management adds factor-enhanced portfolios
Copia Capital Management has launched its Select Plus range of managed portfolios, which are constructed using a blend of ETFs and factor-based funds from US-based investment firm Dimensional Fund Advisors.
Appleby vs the BBC and Guardian – round 1 to the law firm
The law firm at the heart of the Paradise Papers leak has successfully blocked an attempt by the BBC and Guardian newspaper to transfer the case to what could have been a more favourable court.
Offshore structured product research service unveiled
UK-based structured product specialist FVC has launched an offshore version of its Structured Edge research service, which is free for financial advisers to access.