05/18/2012
HNWU: increasing tax yields, but is it meeting its objective? by Mike Down, Baker Tilly
The word on the street is that HMRC’s High Net Worth Unit (HNWU) is gaining favour in high places at HM Treasury.
05/18/2012
The word on the street is that HMRC’s High Net Worth Unit (HNWU) is gaining favour in high places at HM Treasury.
05/18/2012
Schroders polled 1,341 investors across 12 countries asking them which issues concerned them the most and what financial advice they would seek in the year ahead.
05/18/2012
Volatility has returned and may well – at best - be the order of the day for the rest of the summer.
05/16/2012
JPMorgan's misstep gives advocates of stronger regulation an opening to argue that regulators should toughen their approach.
05/16/2012
It's hard to avoid exposure to Europe if you're in the stock markets.
05/16/2012
Risk premia are extremely high across most markets
05/16/2012
Back in April 2011 John Cleese made a somewhat controversial statement: “London is no longer an English City”.
05/16/2012
Political rather than economic considerations are increasingly pushing Greece towards a euro exit.
05/15/2012
Engineer Senior is one of the trust’s largest holdings and since the start of the year, its shares have gained 40%.
05/15/2012
They use their joint article to give a push to the clamour for some sort of European growth plan, and will share a platform today at the Centre for European Reform.
05/14/2012
To give credit where credit is due, in their first two years the Coalition Government has seen through some tax changes which were already in the pipeline.
05/14/2012
Imagine you are one of two people playing 'Monopoly'. While you follow the rules religiously, the other player – who also happens to be the banker – does not.
05/14/2012
Companies and economies are in good shape
05/14/2012
Maybe the changes of last weekend might just be the catalyst for change that we have been waiting for to finally get things moving in Euroland and to try and break this seemingly intractable euro impasse.
05/14/2012
In this Perspective Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, discusses the Queen’s Speech and other recent economic and political developments including the latest MPC decision and some implications of the recent French and Greek e
05/11/2012
“Do more with less,” is the mantra of consultants and the marching orders of senior executives. In today’s world of increased competition and compressed margins, companies want methods to improve efficiency. Automation is the “lo
05/11/2012
JPMorgan’s Ahab has met his Moby Dick. Chief Executive Jamie Dimon has toiled at length to build a bank strong enough to withstand the greatest of storms.
05/10/2012
Constant Korthout, CFRO of Van Lanschot: "The excellent capital and liquidity position of the bank reflects its undiminished strong foundations. The financial markets remain extremely volatile due in part to the ongoing European debt crisis. Thanks t
05/09/2012
When over 2000 years ago the great ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote ‘the structure of the best tragedy should be not simple but complex and one that represents incidents arousing fear and pity’, little did he know that he would be des
05/08/2012
In the midst of one of the more unusual droughts, it may seem odd to be giving a storm warning