02/12/2015
For many years I was a mainstream investment manager; believing in the omniscient wisdom of central bankers. Once the scales had fallen from my eyes after yet more manipulation I realised that I had to do something about the charade.
02/12/2015
With the top 10% of income tax payers paying more than 55% of the UK’s income tax, we ask why politicians continue to portray these people as not paying their ‘fair share’.
02/10/2015
European equities have put in a robust performance so far this year, outperforming US markets by over 10 percentage points at the time of writing.
02/09/2015
Yet wealth management shouldn't be considered so exclusive, because all of us, rich and poor alike, need wealth management.
02/09/2015
While there has been a slight fall since the previous Business Tendency Survey, the picture remains positive with 98% of respondents being either more than or equally as optimistic as they were three months previously.
02/09/2015
Happy New for the Year of the Ram
02/04/2015
84% of wealth managers surveyed do not think a mansion tax should be introduced
The one thing the parties agree on, is that income and inheritance taxes are likely to be reformed in the next Parliament, in addition to which a levy on high value residential property may be introduced.
02/04/2015
HMRC on the warpath against high earners by Mike Down
Some commentators have suggested that HMRC is failing to keep up the pace in “weaponising” its approach to tax evasion and avoidance, but recently published information suggests that a targeted attack is well underway, particularly against hig
02/04/2015
"China’s slowdown has prompted hopes of stimulus and optimism for commodities but this is misplaced. The nature of the current slowdown and the rebalancing of growth mean we are likely to see less of a lift than in the past.
02/04/2015
Towry's buy of Ashcourt Rowan marks the first big wealth management deal of 2015. Is it a sign of things to come?
02/03/2015
Turnaround king is a glutton for punishment
Ashcourt Rowan’s outgoing chief exec Jonathan Polin tells Tim Wallace he wants to dive back into another struggling firm
02/02/2015
The New Normal by Justin Urquhart Stewart
As we are in the teenage years of the new century we can see how this decade is going to be very different from the 'noughties'.
02/02/2015
There have been massive increases in reserves held by banks. I have described this as driving with one foot on the throttle and the other on the brake.
02/01/2015
Banker who made millions by predicting financial crash warns another catastrophe coming
A top banker who made millions predicting the credit crunch has warned the world is on the brink of another crash.
01/29/2015
We see the global disinflation trend leading to greater monetary stimulus and supporting growth
01/28/2015
This would push the remittance basis charge into the realms of just being available for the ultra-wealthy or those who are short-term in the UK.
01/28/2015
Over the last three months we have seen a surge in share prices in China, in a sector known for its poor fundamentals – the financial sector.
01/27/2015
Greater attention is being paid to financial technology (fintech) and the online landscape of wealth management, with wirehouse advisers becoming more active in their use of social media to gain new clients and attract more assets.
01/26/2015
Technology trends from the consumer world will drive incremental shifts for wealth managers in 2015
01/25/2015
Whether it was the dramatic withdrawal of the Swiss Franc peg to the Euro, with all its ramifications, or through to the less exciting reduction in Danish interest rates,