04/30/2012
Reality is slowly returning to the eurozone. After the wave of enthusiasm that accompanied the ECB’s flood of cheap money to eurozone banks, tensions are now rising again, as the ECB’s tonic wears off.
04/27/2012
We expect no hard landing in China, no double-dip in the US, no collapse in the eurozone (yet!)
04/26/2012
As a case study in how not to make a Budget presentation, 21 March 2012 seems set to go down in history.
04/24/2012
One may be doomed, but one can still party on
04/23/2012
The informal corporate motto of Google was originally 'Don't be Evil' - reflecting the young, fresh and enthusiastic tone of the business blowing away the cobwebs of dark corporate halls.
04/20/2012
We may therefore see a transition from lifetime giving to legacies on death, to take advantage of the new inheritance tax relief.
04/19/2012
Those with sufficient income who gain tax relief by donating to charity also gain the unique privilege of choosing how their tax is spent.
04/18/2012
Growth Expectations Ease While Prospects of QE Return
04/16/2012
I'm not just a finance person, you know," says Nicola Horlick, the fabled City "superwoman" and mother of six.
04/16/2012
The Year of the Water Dragon, whilst normally providing good joss for those followers of Chinese astrology, is also proving to be a challenging one on various fronts.
04/16/2012
The number of women trading the stock market is on the rise, according to City Index, one of the UK's leading providers of spread betting and foreign exchange trading.
04/16/2012
In this Perspective Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, discusses the renewed turmoil in the Eurozone and the UK’s public spending data in the light of the latest OECD report on fiscal consolidation.
04/13/2012
Soros, known as the man who broke the Bank of England by betting that the UK would be forced to devalue the pound during the 1992 currency crisis, said that "far from abating, the euro crisis has recently taken a turn for a worse".
04/12/2012
In a variation of the theme, we thought we would begin this Weekly Tax Brief with a quick round of ‘true or false’?
04/11/2012
Look to Italy for guidance on Spain - Coutts & Co
As pressure builds on Spain to implement its austerity and structural reform programmes, the example of Italy late last year provides a good guide to its road ahead.
04/10/2012
So is the UK economy flat-lining?
04/10/2012
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04/09/2012
Gary Dugan, chief investment officer for private banking at Emirates NBD, is primarily responsible for the investment products and portfolios of the bank's high-net-worth clients.
04/05/2012
Foreign companies with a UK source of interest pay income tax on that interest, which is normally collected by deducting it at source in the form of “withholding tax” (WHT). So what impact might the proposed changes have on international group
04/05/2012
Monaco, U.K. and Switzerland are just some of the countries facing this dilemma but now there’s a new country ready to join their exclusive party: Singapore.