Financial Services & Tax

Articles

ECCTA: transforming corporate governance and fraud prevention

Joe Woodward examines significant changes in corporate governance and fraud prevention under ECCTA

Privy Council's approach to arbitration in shareholder disputes

The board emphasises the importance of arbitration in resolving shareholder disputes and the court's role in this context

Open for business? Britain's constricted immigration pathways for entrepreneurs

Britain's current immigration options for entrepreneurs are thin pickings compared to the previous broader routes, argues Ben Maitland

Pragmatism and principle in ‘failure to prevent’ fraud

A parliamentary standoff will have real impacts on UK companies’ overheads and risks, explains John Binns

Time for a makeover: is inheritance tax dying for reform?

Lisa Davies sets the scene on the call for inheritance tax reform and explains that the UK’s approach is still at odds with the majority of other countries

Is there a future for crypto marketing in the UK?

Following the coming into force of the Financial Conduct Authority’s new crypto marketing regime, Wendy Saunders provides a breakdown of what it all means in practice

The Financial Conduct Authority’s review of firms’ approaches to politically exposed persons

Lindsey Cullen and Richard Burger discuss the situation in regard to the treatment of domestic politically exposed persons and the FCA’s review of firms

Audit reform: if not now, when?

Paul Brehony discusses the government's reported decision to omit audit reform from its legislative plans – and asks whether it's simply a fudge based on political expediency