02/23/2012
Kleinwort Benson's new CIO says "animal spirits" at play in the markets
Crisis, what crisis?
02/23/2012
Crisis, what crisis?
02/23/2012
HM Revenue & Customs have now started to issue the £100 penalty notices to those people in self-assessment that did not submit their return by the deadline of 2 February 2012.
02/22/2012
The analysts upgraded their estimate for fixed-income, currencies and commodities sales to a 13 percent drop for the first quarter from a decline of 26 percent after a “material improvement” at the start of the year, the analysts said, while t
02/21/2012
Advisers are feeling more confident about the UK economy but unemployment and government spending cuts are of growing concern, according to Skandia’s latest Adviser Confidence Barometer.
02/20/2012
Following my comments about the missing financial infrastructure in the UK, I was recently comparing the US banking and financial structures with our own.
02/20/2012
Last week began badly when Moody’s changed Britain’s credit outlook from stable to negative
02/17/2012
Central banks continue to ease policy and risk appetite amongst investors has increased. In the very near term however we remain somewhat wary that markets have rallied too strongly and that further profit taking and lower markets are quite possible.
02/15/2012
Deutsche Bank’s Middle East chief offers his perspective on the bigger picture.
02/15/2012
As we predicted in our last Weekly Tax Brief, higher rate tax relief for pension contributions is once again in the firing line.
02/13/2012
Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel.
02/11/2012
“Beware of big round numbers,” says the latest advice from the Local Government Association to Britain’s city councils presentation of their annual budgets.
02/09/2012
No reasonable person contests the idea that we should all pay our proper dues. Nevertheless, in a week when it has emerged that HMRC wrote off £10.9 billion last year (with the Treasury expressing ‘some surprise’ according to the Public
02/06/2012
Oh please stop wringing your hands, politicians, and apparently blaming everyone else except yourselves.
02/06/2012
Stephen Hester signed a contract with the previous government in good faith which detailed how he would be paid for his troubles.
02/03/2012
However the general public feels about Stephen Hester’s bonuses, the taxman is probably also taking a close interest. Could a bonus be taxable despite a decision to waive it?
01/31/2012
So just how much sweet and sour can we take in a week?
01/23/2012
George Osborne's efforts last week to try and establish London as the Western centre for the trading of the Chinese currency should be congratulated however, some of the headlines seemed to get a little enthusiastic over something which is going to b
01/22/2012
The Government believes there is scope for more direct and useful reporting on pay, to make it easier to outline the link between remuneration and performance.
01/20/2012
The active versus passive debate is not new. Research on which method is best has proved inconclusive.
01/20/2012
We’re always told to mind the traffic. This is never truer than in the case of speeding tax vehicles.