09/06/2012
Men seek youth and beauty, while women focus on wealth and status — evolutionary psychologists have long claimed that these general preferences in human mating are universal and based on biology.
09/05/2012
Following the end of the House of Commons summer recess on 3rd September 2012, we can expect even greater emphasis on measures to combat tax avoidance.
09/05/2012
A future Labour government could bring in a wealth tax on high-value properties to safeguard the NHS and invest in the economy, the Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls reveals today.
09/05/2012
“After months of delay and inaction, the President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Mario Draghi has today announced the restarting of sovereign bond buying after earlier announcing no change in interest rates (0.75%).
09/03/2012
Mr Browne said the BBA, the leading trade body for the bank sector, would work to regain public trust.
09/03/2012
ROTHSCHILD WEALTH MANAGEMENT’S ASSET ALLOCATION REPORT SEPTEMBER 2012
09/02/2012
Last week the Deputy Prime Minister said that “people of very considerable personal wealth have got to make a bit of an extra contribution” towards what he describes as the “national effort”.
09/02/2012
Well unlike last summer, it seemed that the world decided not to fall apart and stock markets did not collapse by 20% on the basis of useless comments from a credit rating agency
08/30/2012
So, in normal times, the Treasury jumps from a great height on anyone in government who speculates on tax policy.
08/30/2012
The announcement that the Liberal Democrat Party is considering the introduction of a wealth tax will be welcomed by many.
08/29/2012
The imposition of a wealth tax could well lead to a drop in yields from other taxes.
08/29/2012
But Mr Clegg's demands are not just ideologically at odds with the aims of his Coalition partners, they are also economically illiterate.
08/29/2012
A career banker who started at Barclays almost 30 years ago
08/28/2012
The reported 13% fall in jewellery demand over the past year does not explain gold price weakness in this period. Instead, the key has been flat demand from investors, especially from China and India.
08/28/2012
Mario Draghi is proving to be a surprising friend of global markets, with world equities up by around 10% since his appointment to the ECB in November 2011.
08/27/2012
The below charts compare the indicators with the six-month forward return on the Euro Stoxx 50 and S&P 500 respectively, meaning the last blue observation is the return on the index today if one had invested six-months ago.
08/27/2012
A growing litany of scandals is challenging London's position as never before. With capital fast building up in Asia itself, what role does The City have in the future?
08/27/2012
The annual private school fee in Scotland rose from an average £6,039 in 2002 to £9,816 in 2012.
08/26/2012
We are living in challenging times, characterised by fundamental social, economic and political experiments.
08/23/2012
Markets look to have priced in an easing of both the challenges facing Europe and growth concerns in the rest of the global economy.