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UK Domiciled vs NonDom status – a guide to rules and tax implications

It therefore seems timely, as part of our fortnightly Private Wealth Planning series, for Frederick Bjorn to answer your questions on the topic.

The case for real estate amid rising rates and inflation

Slowly shifting investor appetite will nevertheless leave select real estate markets, especially in European rented commercial and logistic property, as a partial hedge against inflation.

IFAs hire older female administrators to avoid children interfering

As a result, her employer adopted a new hiring policy in order to, in her words, “mitigate future similar disruption within the administration team”.

Pictet AM's Barton forecasts growth in EM green bond issuance in 2022

'Big uptake' in social bonds

Why the housing market may not fall into recession next year

Sarah Coles, personal finance analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, is a little more sanguine on the outlook for the market.

Why Guernsey and Jersey Offer a Valuable Alternative to Luxembourg For Private Funds

In the growing area of private funds – funds open only to qualified, sophisticated investors with a lighter-touch regulatory model – the Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey are providing a valuable alternative.

Sweden’s Article 8 dominance: miracle or mirage?

Over 90% of Swedish funds are classified as Article 8, whereas the European average is 24%. Some have argued that this substantial lead is due to discrepancies in SFDR interpretation, rather than a more sustainable offering.

System Failure, And A Means Of Escape

“Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.” - Lily Tomlin.

Covid: Fewer than half of companies cut executive pay in response to pandemic

Research from the High Pay Centre found the firms that did reduce the pay of bosses had more women directors

How these nine private bank CIOs are positioned for inflation

Investment chiefs of Europe’s biggest private banks are not expecting stagflation to take hold but are braced for tougher times ahead in European markets.

Are you ready for the new beneficiaries of wealth?

It was an important client and Alan worked overtime to get everything in order for the client’s loved ones, including valuable life policies and death in service benefit.

AJ Bell: Six of ESG funds’ top 10 stocks are tech giants

Four of the so-called ‘Big Five’ tech stocks - Microsoft, Alphabet, Apple and Amazon - make up 10 of the top stocks held by ESG funds.

Review of the week: A muddled view

The war in Ukraine has dampened global growth as waves of COVID-19 continue to roll across the world. Meanwhile, politics is back to the fore in Europe and America.

UK employers offer average 2.8% pay rise to staff, survey shows

While bigger pay rises would help ease the cost of living squeeze being felt by most British workers

Graduate bankers demand £60,000 salaries

Battle for talent pushes up pay for entry-level City workers by more than a quarter

Reputation management: looking through the lenses of risk and opportunity

Here there is opportunity to develop a consistent family narrative that represents them accurately and authentically.

Demonstrating how nature-related risks can impact investors

By identifying and assessing nature-related financial risks, nature can be integrated into financial decision-making, recognising nature as the heart of the economy and remaking the relationship between people and the planet.

House View

The most significant of these is through the commodity channel.

Who will lead France? The run-off pits Macron against Le Pen, again

The potential political impact of a cost of living crisis cannot be underestimated.

Half of all funds labelled ‘climate-focused’ don’t measure against a climate benchmark

This lack of standardisation makes it harder for investors to compare one fund against the other when making a fund selection decision.

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