03/21/2013
George Osborne delivered a politically adept speech against a backdrop of grim economic news, introducing tax cuts for business, a boost for home buyers and help for the ‘squeezed middle’ at a net cost of £140m, avoiding the cardinal sin
03/21/2013
A tax hike could be the tipping point for many high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, who are the most mobile in society due to their abundant resources.
03/20/2013
César Pérez, Chief Investment Strategist for Europe, Middle-East and Africa at J.P. Morgan Private Bank comments on the outlook for Cyprus
03/20/2013
"Britain is moving to low and competitive taxes. But we should insist people and businesses pay those taxes, not aggressively avoid them or evade them."
03/19/2013
The EU FTT is going to hit the European fund management industry hard.
03/19/2013
"While nature essentially controls the quantity of gold in existence, it is men who assign it values in terms of dollars and pounds and rubles."
03/19/2013
Parliament’s complete rejection of Cyprus’ bailout plan has sent policymakers back to the drawing board
03/19/2013
Canada's economic growth curbed by cautious business spending and increased U.S. fiscal restraint: RBC Economics
03/19/2013
Commentary on the Budget 2013 from Louise Somerset, Tax Director, RBC Wealth Management
03/19/2013
TNS provides market information services in over 80 countries to national and multi-national organizations.
03/18/2013
ABN AMRO Private Banking builds on its previous overweight equities position in Staying the course – its new investment outlook for the second quarter of 2013 – published today.
03/18/2013
Just as concerns over a hard landing in the world's second largest economy look to have faded
03/18/2013
We view this shift as only a short-term phenomenon
03/18/2013
Dr Daniel Murray states, “The small size of the amounts involved with the Cypriot bailout suggest that, if the spill-over to the rest of Europe remains contained, then any sell off will be relatively short lived.”
03/17/2013
“Inspiration” – to stimulate (a person) to activity or creativity.
03/17/2013
“We admit that we doubted the zimbabweconomists who said “this will work, trust us, we’ve never been wrong theoretically,” but the wealth effect is working.
03/17/2013
With the Budget less than a week away, in this edition of Baker Tilly’s weekly round-up of the most important tax news, we look at who the real winners and losers could be next Wednesday…
03/17/2013
Western governments have traditionally relied on a variation of Sutton’s Law
03/17/2013
The controversial bank bailout deal for Cyprus is unprecedented in that it penalises savers and junior bondholders. The images of frantic customers queuing outside branches in a desperate bid to withdraw their hard-earned savings highlights the precarious
03/17/2013
Osborne positioned himself squarely behind hard-working, "aspirational" families, while promising measures to safeguard provisions for the young and elderly.