Legal
Investment | 11 May 15
Brandeaux investors start receiving payouts
Clients invested in the Brandeaux Student Accommodation Fund have started receiving payouts after waiting two years for their money to be released.
ESMA consults on MiFID II
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has begun consulting the financial industry on its proposal that adviser standards should be set by individual national authorities under MiFID II.
Investment | 27 Apr 15
Clients look for compensation after wealth manager goes bust
A Scottish-based wealth management firm has gone bust after it was unable to pay back clients who were mis-sold high risk investments, and customers are now turning to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme to get their money back.
Advisers must brace themselves for new IHT trust duties from next March, warns Canada Life
Advisers must prepare clients for new tax and reporting requirements on trusts, as an inheritance tax (IHT) law introduced by the last Labour government reaches its tenth anniversary next March, Canada Life has warned.
Investment | 20 Apr 15
IFA complaint investigation and handling firm launched
The first independent and impartial service which will investigate and handle complaints against UK based financial advisers has been launched.