11/15/2015
Some more radical common sense for Tax or...by Justin Urquhart Stewart
The argument over Tax Credits is very sensitive at various levels.
11/13/2015
Investors ignore robot revolution at their peril
Robots have long exerted a fascination for movie-makers, but a new report from Merrill Lynch suggests that investors should be paying just as much attention.
11/11/2015
The Lombard Odier Golden Age fund looks for companies that gain from the growing wealth of older peoplea
11/11/2015
Sometimes it is indecision, rather than action, that keeps audiences on the edge of their seats.
11/10/2015
Central banks only influence the process through regulation.
11/10/2015
Well, the truth hurts sometimes, whether it’s our truth or somebody else’s.
11/10/2015
America’s controversial global tax law, FATCA, has been slammed as ‘a masterclass in fiscal imperialism and the law of unintended consequences,’ by the boss of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organizations
11/08/2015
“To be, or not to be, that is the question.”
11/08/2015
“It was the best of times and the worst of times..." by Justin Urquhart Stewart
So when are the best and worst times and what happens if you miss them? So are we all trying to be too clever? And can we really time the market?
11/08/2015
MacLeod’s gut feeling on his future was certainly right as, at just 29 years old
11/06/2015
The trajectory looks like this: At the end of 2013, Brazil had a budget deficit equal to 3 percent of gross domestic product; today, that figure is over 9 percent.
11/05/2015
The Financial Conduct Authority banned platforms from receiving rebates from fund managers on new business in April 2014.
11/04/2015
After losing a number of court cases in recent years, HMRC now has to repay compound interest to companies that were unlawfully required to pay VAT under a “mistake of law”. However, the Department has now announced that these repayments will
11/04/2015
For the first time in close to a century, mankind may be about to give serious attention to a technology that has the potential to be a true game-changer in transportation.
11/03/2015
“Mr Bernanke denies that the Fed unfairly “enriched the rich” because it only “returned asset prices and the like back to trend”, and the recent rise in US stock prices “is because returns are low”.
11/03/2015
Global markets ended October on their way back to near record highs with the FTSE All-World Index gaining 8%.
11/02/2015
The family has a 200-year record of growing and preserving wealth – and ordinary investors can share in its fortunes
11/02/2015
Many observers believe that China is in a financial and economic meltdown.
11/02/2015
This year will be even bigger. Lots of extra businesses are marking the day out in their calendar, and millions more people look set to do the same.
11/01/2015
My teenage son has become somewhat of an Apple disciple, and is never far from his iPad. But he surprised me this week.