09/16/2012
London risks being eclipsed by New York as the capital is hit by “banker bashing” and badly thought-out property tax rises, according to the man behind One Hyde Park, the UK’s most expensive residential development.
09/16/2012
Earlier this year I was writing about the mutter from the gutter concerning the possible linking up of the London Stock Exchange and the Singapore Stock Exchange, and now it seems mercurially as though something is about to happen.
09/16/2012
“A BOOK advising married women to have affairs has sparked renewed interest in really bad advice. Experts say Catherine Hakim’s The New Rules of Marriage, which claims that having affairs makes relationships stronger, shows a demand for self-h
09/16/2012
Manipulation of the LIBOR rate believed to be pervasive across the banking industry
09/16/2012
In this Perspective Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, discusses, firstly, the dilemma faced by the Chancellor if his fiscal targets are missed and, secondly, the latest developments in the EU and the US.
09/16/2012
For many investors, an investment fund is their gateway to financial markets.
09/13/2012
Interest in the continent from UK and global firms set to continue with Nigeria tipped as growth hot spot
09/13/2012
The heightened risk of Israel acting unilaterally against the threat of Iranian nuclear weapons has driven the oil price higher.
09/12/2012
Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced cuts to health and safety regulations which will affect thousands of businesses across the United Kingdom. While tax legislation does not fall within Mr Cable’s Cabinet remit, we asked our clients what t
09/12/2012
Progress on this front is increasingly critical as recent data suggested another 5% of deposits left Spain in July. Indeed, to encourage such progress, the EC president announced a three-part framework for moving towards pan-European banking supervision.
09/11/2012
Michael Fallon calls for end to 'politics of envy in this country'
09/11/2012
The investing environment is expected to be choppy for the next 3-5 years, causing investors to delve deeper into non-traditional investment opportunities to protect wealth
09/09/2012
The best thing that the Government can do for business is to get out of the way
09/09/2012
Alan and Gina Miller claim that investors are paying £18 billion a year in hidden costs and dealing fees relating to pensions, savings, unit trusts and other investments.
09/09/2012
A key interest rate for more than $500 trillion of securities worldwide will be replaced by a benchmark subject to greater government control, according to a plurality of global investors.
09/09/2012
Al Gini, a professor of business ethics at the School of Business Administration at Loyola University in Chicago, has a different perspective. He argues that business is not inherently bad, it just happens to offer many temptations – to counter this
09/09/2012
In this Perspective Ruth Lea, Economic Adviser to the Arbuthnot Banking Group, discusses, firstly, Mario Draghi’s announcement on the ECB’s latest bond-buying programme and, secondly, the latest economic data and analysis on the Eurozone.
09/09/2012
From here on, it seems like the final run up to the end of the year even though there are still four months to go.
09/06/2012
Panic rooms, gun safes and machine-gun-proof doors are appearing in London homes of the super-rich as, foreign newcomers bring their security issues to the UK capital.
09/06/2012
They will be aware that recently the French tax system seems to have been going backwards and forwards more frequently than the Eurostar.