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Strategies for Growth by George Bull, Baker Tilly

It seems that economic strategy has shifted from fostering growth to shoring up government finances.

Back to 1952 - Coutts & Co

Does it make sense for longer-term investors to hold government bonds when better yields are available from dividends?

State Street Global Advisors cautions on gold bubble bursting

The forecast comes from SSGA's Chris Goolgasian, whom we followed last week as he tackled the difficult subject of how to value gold.

We are richer in 2012, but are we happier?

The research claims that even though Britons are three times richer than they were in 1952, and UK GDP has dramatically increased, so has the Government's budget deficit.

First steps towards a wealth tax? by George Bull

Here’s the big irony: if a mansion tax is to be sustainable year by year rather than simply bleeding a section of society, then it has to rely on continuing economic growth.

The Unconventional Becomes Conventional

Standard Life Investments, the global investment manager, believes that a lengthy period of Quantitative Easing (QE) is needed to support economies through years of fiscal tightening and debt de-leveraging.

Euro treads water, at the deep end - Coutts & Co

We believe the potential for negative events in Europe will keep the euro on the defensive against the dollar and sterling, but the downside looks limited in the near term given investors in general are already broadly holding negative positions.

Will there be a British Business Bank?

So what is the state of play on the government's ambition to correct the perceived lack of credit for small and medium-sized businesses?

Ten reasons to give ethical investment the green light

it’s becoming the chosen vehicle for many investors who demand more than just financial growth from their money.

THE USA – IN STAR TREK SPEAK “IT’S A RECOVERY JIM, BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT”

Well we shouldn't complain

HMRC pushes back

Following breaches in the Banking Code of Practice on Taxation, retrospective tax legislation is to be introduced.

The growth figures may be insipid, the headlines may seem dour...

There are some positive dots that we can join together when looking at the UK economy, which when viewed as a connected string, is beginning to show a slightly more creditable and credible pattern.

Signs of opportunity among the wreckage of European equities - Coutts

Although we remain cautious regarding exposure to European equities in general, selective opportunities may be emerging, as long as global central banks maintain the easy- money stance that is helping to fuel appetite for risk.

Kleinwort Benson's new CIO says "animal spirits" at play in the markets

Crisis, what crisis?

Paying the piper….

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.

Global Investment Banking Revenue to Drop 4%

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

Adviser confidence starts to rise

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.

Learning a lesson from the Americans

Following my comments about the missing financial infrastructure in the UK, I was recently comparing the US banking and financial structures with our own.

Moody’s credit warning and rising unemployment mean radical growth policies are needed

Last week began badly when Moody’s changed Britain’s credit outlook from stable to negative

Looking beyond the Greek tragedy

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.

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