02/09/2016
Higher rate UK pension tax relief looks increasingly threatened as speculation mounts that George Osborne will introduce a 25% flat rate of tax relief on pension contributions in the Budget. As well as saving the Treasury money, the reform would redistrib
02/08/2016
The following commentary was first published in July 2013. Current events would seem to justify republishing it, in somewhat modified form, today.
02/04/2016
Consultation on the Government’s proposal to introduce higher rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax has just closed, and we wait to see what, if any, changes there may be. If the proposals stay the same, the higher rates will be three percentage points above
02/03/2016
At Schroder's annual investment dinner, held in London, fund managers exchanged views on the current and future potential opportunities in markets around the world. Here, we round-up their insights on a challenging market environment.
02/02/2016
Professor Kay proposed that governments force banks to separate their retail and investment banking activities, and even require investment banks to be further broken up into smaller businesses that would house single activities, such as bond trading or m