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Tax & Regulation | 26 Sep 16
Clinton proposes 65% inheritance tax for billionaires
US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has proposed raising inheritance tax paid by ultra-rich Americans to 65% on property valued at more than $500m (£385m, €445m), in a bid to appeal to the supporters of her former Democratic rival, Bernie Sanders.
North America | 21 Sep 16
US introducing RDR ‘through the backdoor’
Recent moves in the US suggest that the country is bringing in its own version of the retail distribution review “through the backdoor”, according to Capgemini Consulting’s Rod Bryson.
Investment | 20 Sep 16
Don’t pick outperforming funds if you want a good return
Fund selectors would be wise to not use past performance as a metric in their fund selection process, according to three American scholars. Moreover, funds that have outperformed their benchmark over the past three years tend to underperform funds with a mediocre or poor performance record over the following three year-period.
Investment | 15 Sep 16
Pimco rolls out US IG corporate bond fund
PIMCO has launched the PIMCO Global Investor Series US Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund.
Best Practice | 15 Sep 16
The world will ban commission within five years, says JPMAM
Regulation is moving at such a fast pace that within five years all financial services markets around the world will ban commission and implement an RDR-like regime, Jasper Berens, head of UK funds at JPM Asset Management has predicted.