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The unbelievable truth by George Bull, Baker Tilly

In a variation of the theme, we thought we would begin this Weekly Tax Brief with a quick round of ‘true or false’?

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.

The UK’s exciting growth prospects! by Justin Urquhart Stewart

So is the UK economy flat-lining?

The Science and Art of Investing Can Harm Your Returns

The complex details are exhaustively set forth in the report. No one could quarrel with the stated goal, which is “to add alpha, or risk-adjusted excess returns, of greater than 2 percent annually to readily available indexes over a market cycle.&am

How the top bankers earn their fat salaries

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.

Possible new restrictions on withholding tax avoidance on intra-group loans

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

Millionaires Taking Over the World Through Real Estate?

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.

RBS’s Sale of Asian Assets Should Reassure Investors

RBS said the main benefit is that it saves it the cost of shutting the businesses itself.

Should the next generation bother to buy a property by Justin Urquhart Stewart

There seems to be a given rule that we all have to own some property, and that's what we "should do", and invest in good solid bricks and mortar.

A Best Practice Approach to Suitability and Assessment By Daryl Roxburgh

what does all this really mean for the investment process, the end-investor and the investment community?

Roll up, roll up — everything in Britain is for sale

Part of RBS could be sold to Abu Dhabi. That’s no cause for alarm — we benefit from being open to investment

Charities backlash against the Budget

The Budget proposal to restrict the availability of unlimited tax reliefs to a quarter of an individual’s income has aroused a great deal of concern that it will result in a fall in large scale donations to charity.

Women Executives Will Destroy The World, Say Male Economists

In the male-female divide, women are the careful ones, right?

The double-edged sword of the wealth continuum

Movement along the wealth continuum, the range where an investor’s wealth rises and falls, has intensified in recent times and brings with it a raft of challenges for wealth managers.

China's Changing by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Just in case we hadn’t noticed, there are some significant issues going on in this burgeoning economy.

Analysis of the 2012 Budget - George Bull, Baker Tilly

The Chancellor’s key message was that Britain is open for business. Companies and individuals are welcome. But be sure to pay your taxes. However, there was a serious error of judgement in rushing out the tax increases for pensioners without showing

SunGard identifies ten trends influencing the banking industry

A focus of investment for banks is on ensuring regulatory compliance and in assuring shareholders that they fully understand and can manage their risk exposures.

Recovery shifts up a gear, but bumps in the road lie ahead -Coutts & Co

The market rally is likely to grind higher on mounting evidence that the US is reasserting itself as an engine of world economic growth. Indeed, the world has moved closer towards the upper end of our base-case economic scenario. But while the rally is wa

Are your investment reports on the endangered species list?

Evolution, Natural Selection and Investment Reporting

Gilts supported by investor-friendly UK budget - Coutts

Gilt yields were broadly unchanged after the fiscally neutral UK budget kept to the planned course of cutting the deficit and stabilising the national debt over the course of the current parliament.

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