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Best Practice | news 5 Jan 18
Tax-efficient investing to boom despite heightened risks
Investor interest in tax-efficient Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) funds, run by HM Revenue & Customs, is expected to rise despite managers being forced into higher-risk investments as a result of recent rule changes.
Best Practice | news 5 Jan 18
UK seeks industry help to wipe out £24bn cost of crime
The UK Government is raising awareness of the signs of money laundering and the risks firms and professionals face if caught facilitating or failing to reporting financial crime.
Swiss tax evaders come clean in record numbers
Officials in Zurich reported a three-fold rise in the number of tax evaders voluntarily turning themselves in during 2017, as international regulations requiring Swiss banks to share details of offshore clients takes effect.
PEOPLE MOVES: The Fry Group, Carrick Wealth and Cadel Consulting
The Fry Group adds a veteran adviser in Singapore, Carrick Wealth appoints a high-flyer to its board and Bob Pain launches his own consultancy firm.
Fidelity charges ahead in China domestic market
Fidelity International’s investment management wholly foreign-owned enterprise (IM WFOE) has launched two funds while Blackrock and Schroders obtain private fund management (PFM) licences for their WFOEs.