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Time for some radical Income Tax thinking

In the run up to the Budget everyone will be coming out with their wish lists

FRS 102: Penalty for prudence? by Danielle Stewart, Baker Tilly

Have you entered into an interest rate swap arrangement or any other financial derivative including options, forward contracts, and collars?

Global Debt Exceeds $100 Trillion as Governments Binge, BIS Says

The amount of debt globally has soared more than 40 percent to $100 trillion since the first signs of the financial crisis as governments borrowed to pull their economies out of recession and companies took advantage of record low interest rates

Why Bitcoin Isn't Dead Yet

The digital cryptocurrency which may or may not have been founded in 2009 by a 64-year-old Japanese recluse — was hit by the biggest challenge it's faced so far when Mt. Gox, the world's largest bitcoin exchange.

Trust in UK banks stabilises but still lags behind rest of world

Consumer trust in the UK banking sector has stabilised after years of decline, but still lags behind the rests of the world

Sovereign Wealth Fund Forum Relocates to London

The Investment Management Association – the trade body for the UK’s asset management industry – has welcomed the news that the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds is to relocate its Secretariat in London

Money is the last social taboo for the rich

Money is the most uncomfortable topic of conversation for six out of ten high-net-worth individuals, according to a new international poll.

Banks pay out £482m for mis-sold rate swaps

Britain’s biggest banks have now paid out £482 million in compensation to small firms that were mis-sold complex interest rate hedging products, according to the City regulator.

Budget predictions - Baker Tilly

In this edition of Baker Tilly’s weekly round-up of the most important tax news, we look ahead to what might be in the Chancellor’s Red Box on Budget Day.

A Resurgence of Growth in the European Fund-of-Funds Market

Demand set to reignite as regulatory costs rise

"The future is no more uncertain than the present” - Walt Whitman

Certain Uncertainties in FX

Selecting and Monitoring 'Style' Managers for Long-Term Performance - Stonehage Know How Bulletin

The inclusion of 'style' managers such as 'value' or 'quality' as core drivers within an equity portfolio can potentially improve an investor’s long-term returns.

All for one and one for all? by Jens Weidmann

The roles of microprudential, macroprudential, and monetary policy in safeguarding financial stability

Luxury Industry Optimistic About Q1 2014 UHNW Spending, Luxury Sentiment Survey Shows

More than 30% of those polled expect revenue to rise by more than 10% in Q1 2014, the report shows.

The ongoing ethics struggle of banks

The Swiss Bank Employees Association has told an uncomfortable truth: it was “generally known” that for many years some of their employers profited from customers’ “tax evasion.”

The Trillion-dollar Question: Who Owns Emerging Market Government Debt?

There are a trillion reasons to care about who owns emerging market debt. That's how much money global investors have poured into in these government bonds in recent years --$1 trillion.

JP Morgan UK wealth head’s five-year plan to grow business fourfold

We had always served that audience group, but we were less known in that space

Who is the reclusive billionaire creator of Bitcoin?

Strangely, nobody knows who created it

Ireland the European domicile of choice for global asset managers - survey

Nearly three quarters of 200 global asset managers surveyed recently say they would now choose Ireland as one of their top three European fund domiciles, if they were starting over.

Another fine mess

Hypo Alpe Adria the name suggests a small, exotic bank.

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