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Royal London offering ‘substantial’ cash for annuity guarantees
Royal London is worried pension holders are “throwing away” their guaranteed annuity rate (GAR) under the new pension freedoms and it wants to offer them cash for the promised return.
PEOPLE MOVES: Woodbrook, AMP, Arlo Associates
Woodbrook Group hires an industry veteran to manage its Spain operations, AMP’s chief risk officer for its advice division resigns and Arlo Associates appoints a tech entrepreneur to chair its board.
Commodities | news 18 May 18
Oil giants offside with investors worth $10trn
Climate change has landed major oil companies oil offside with a number of investors representing $10.4trn (£7.7bn, €8.8trn) worth of assets ahead of their annual general meetings (AGMs) over the next couple of weeks.
Denmark targets Airbnb tax evaders
Sharing economy pioneer Airbnb will automatically report any income earned by homeowners in Denmark to the Danish tax authority in a bid to help it clamp down on tax evasion.
We need mutual recognition over equivalence post Brexit: Pimfa
The UK investment management industry needs to access the European Union via mutual recognition, not equivalence, after Brexit, argues Personal Investment Management and Financial Advice Association policy adviser Alex Merriman.