09/30/2012
After all, statistics can be spun in any way we wish. However, the GDP figures that are so prominently in most economic statements from politicians seem to be one of the least efficient and reliable to be measuring the state of the economy.
09/27/2012
Vince Cable’s reference to tax havens as ‘sunny places for shady people’ at the Lib Dem’s conference, hits upon one of the hotly debated tax issues of the year. Monaco has been in the press a great deal over the past week – m
09/24/2012
Beware the fashion fads.
09/24/2012
Barclays has revealed its monthly flagship Wealth and Investment Management research dedicated to providing investment advice and recommendation to investors across the region.
09/23/2012
Lord Fink is director of investment firm ISAM, based in the Cayman Islands, a British overseas territory in the Caribbean.
09/23/2012
There is a certain group in society that would like this "hang-your-heads-in-shame" chapter to continue forever.
09/23/2012
Regulators should embrace historic principles of banking to prevent new financial failures, according to a report from the Adam Smith Institute.
09/20/2012
In his first live TV interview the Governor of the Bank of England Sir Mervyn King tells Jon Snow several banks have been involved in the Libor rates scandal and that he did not fire Barclays boss Bob Diamond. .
09/20/2012
With the help of the internet and advice from their peers, today’s expat is confident enough to find their own investment opportunities.
09/20/2012
High-net-worth individuals are seeking to buy gold to protect their wealth
09/20/2012
Britain could stop firms using tax havens if it got rid of more "archaic rules" for business, the treasurer of the Conservative Party has said.
09/19/2012
At the same time, the numbers of UK buyers in the Paris region has remained stable at around 2% of all transactions, according to data from BNP Paribas, whilst for France overall, the percentage of UK buyers dropped slightly from 11% to 9%.
09/19/2012
The reaction of Treasury prices to the US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) latest round of quantitative easing (QE3) shows that investors are concerned that its open-ended programme will trigger higher inflation. This has also been reflected in the rising pr
09/19/2012
There has been a downturn in confidence in the UK economy, a CISI survey shows. Of more than 320 respondents, 27% said they were more optimistic for the country’s prospects than three months ago.
09/18/2012
Ex-Adam & Co chairman Ray Entwistle is considering launching his new UK private bank with backing from a foreign institution and has said that a potential strategy to acquire investment management businesses could be put on ice.
09/18/2012
HMRC and HM Treasury (HMT) announced last week that, as a result of greater scrutiny of the tax affairs of taxpayers in HMRC’s High Net Worth Unit (HNWU) which was set up three years ago
09/18/2012
Nearly one-half (49 percent) of CFOs see sustainability as key driver of financial performance
09/17/2012
Bankers and businessmen leave their sense of right and wrong at home when they go to work, according to the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales.
09/17/2012
Bowing to media pressure at the last Budget, the Government, out of the blue, increased SDLT to 15% from the previous 5%, for companies buying residential property over £2m.
09/16/2012
The survey also looked at working hours