FATCA could force schemes to ditch US investments

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The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act could force UK pension schemes to jettison their US investments, policy experts warn.

FATCA demands ‘foreign financial institutions' report US nationals on their books to the Internal Revenue Service in an effort to weed out tax-dodgers - with a 30% withholding tax imposed on the US...

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