Whatever your perspective—citizen, CPA in public practice, accountant in business and industry—the word “tax” can carry many negative connotations. But what if you heard that a new field within the accounting profession is seeking to transform tax from a center of compliance into a driver of value? What would pop into your mind then? Brian
Spanish startup Fintonic has closed a €25 million (~$28M) Series B funding round to expand into new markets in Latin America and continue developing the product. Investors in the round include banking and financial services giant the ING Group and insurance group PSN. The personal finance management app is aimed at consumers wanting help managing
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Traditional wealth managers have proved themselves to be scalable and profitable businesses despite the hype caused by robo-advice models, analysts say. Wealth managers have also been shown to be more robust than pure asset managers amid mounting pressure on fund performance and fees. While Hargreaves Lansdown and St James’s Place continue to make the headlines
Key Takeaways Life insurance is a type of contract in which you make regular payments to an insurance company. In return, when you die, the company pays a sum of money to your chosen beneficiaries. Term life insurance offers affordable coverage for a specific period, such as 10 or 20 years. Permanent life insurance provides
What happens when your insurance company says your fully comprehensive policy suddenly doesn’t cover you? Dean Dunham investigates 08:02, 29 Feb 2016Updated 08:18, 29 Feb 2016 Sometimes a burning engine isn’t covered – apparently(Image: SWNS) I received an email from Mrs Poulton this week about a nightmare her daughter is having with her car insurance.
The world cannot avoid dangerous climate change without moving to “near zero emissions” before the end of the century, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Zero-carbon sources of energy will be key to this transition and in the power sector they are already being added more quickly than fossil fuels. So just how
Key Takeaways A multi-asset class investment involves a mix of asset classes such as stocks, bonds, and cash to diversify and reduce portfolio risk. These funds offer diversification, potentially limiting downside risk but may result in lower returns compared to single-asset classes. Target date funds automatically adjust asset allocation based on the investor’s time horizon,
Cultural property is protected during war in two ways. First, because it is normally civilian in nature, the general provisions of international humanitarian law (IHL) protecting civilian property apply. Second, specific protection recognizing the cultural heritage of every people is enshrined in the 1954 Hague Convention for the protection of cultural property during armed conflict,
The term “wealth management” is thrown around plenty, in the boardrooms of private client firms, in trade and mainstream articles and by financial advisors in front of clients. Still, most professionals are hard pressed to actually define the term with any degree of precision. Wealth management is very straightforward. From the affluent individual’s perspective, wealth