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FEIFA opens its doors to lawyers and tax experts
The Federation of European IFAs (Feifa) has launched an Associate Membership aimed at advisers’ allied professions.
Tax & Technical | news 11 Jan 18
Common Reporting Standard’s conflict with data human rights
The intrusive Common Reporting Standard will only be curbed if someone is prepared to sacrifice their own privacy in a test case to assert the right to privacy for everyone, according to a partner at British law firm Mishcon de Reya.
Investment | news 10 Jan 18
Tilney cuts funds in portfolios from 70 to 30
Wealth manager Tilney has “eliminated the low-hanging fruit” and reduced the number of funds it holds in its portfolios from 70 to 30.
Tax & Technical | news 10 Jan 18
Adviser banned over unpaid Harlequin fine
A UK financial advice firm has been shut down for failing to pay an Ombudsman fine levied for advice given on a notorious defunct Caribbean hotel scheme.
Real Madrid’s Modric pays €1m to settle tax fraud
Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric has reportedly paid €1m (£880,000, $1.2m) to Spanish authorities after appearing in a Madrid court on tax evasion charges.