07/04/2014
As I approach my ten year anniversary at Psigma I have to admit that markets have rarely been so 'boring' and exciting new ideas have never been as hard to come by as they are now. It is a uniquely difficult investment environment.
07/04/2014
This idea that Wall Street is this sort of great evil is at best simplistic
07/03/2014
Head of Financial Planning Nick Fitzgerald is concerned that pension savers, who have been ‘kicked around like a political football’, are missing out on valuable tax relief because of fears that they might hit the cap.
07/03/2014
“Investment portfolios should be created in answer to the most important question to be asked of any investor, ‘what do you need the money to do?’
07/03/2014
Portfolio Considerations: The main risk is being under-invested
06/30/2014
Germany is often held up as a perfect example of the development of small to middle sized companies, and much over the years has been written about the success of their "Mittelstand". This has often consisted of smaller to medium sized private c
06/30/2014
The Brent crude oil price experienced a mini spike after the attacks on the Baiji oil refinery in northern Iraq, the country’s largest, by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis).
06/29/2014
The allegations of wrongdoing in the bank's 'dark pool' trading system are bad news for Antony Jenkins, for they cannot all be laid at the feet of the old regime
06/27/2014
The bank is cooperating with Schneiderman’s office and is examining the matter internally
06/27/2014
Sport’s summer season has finally arrived, and many businesses will be digging deep to impress clients and staff with a bit of corporate hospitality – but care is needed to avoid falling foul of the taxman…
06/25/2014
HMRC will open enquiries and investigate the tax affairs of anyone they suspect of having undeclared assets.
06/25/2014
Should investors pay much heed to domicile when investing in an investment trust IPO?
06/25/2014
Although the United States has never won the FIFA World Cup, Team USA was crowned champions of the Wealth-X World Cup of Wealth with more than 65,500 ultra high net worth individuals, beating runner-up Germany, which is home to 17,820 UHNW individuals.
06/24/2014
An Offshore Tax Haven Plans to Become the World's First Bitcoin Island
While many places around the world want nothing to do with Bitcoin, some locales are trying hard to make the cryptocurrency happen, not just in the murky international waters of cyberspace or the confines of a student-fuelled experiment, but as a real loc
06/23/2014
Both regulations and the structure of capital markets foster a culture of ‘passing the buck’
06/23/2014
"The lamps are going out all over Europe" was the first part of the famous and very prescient quote by Sir Edward Grey on the eve of the outbreak of the First World War.
06/23/2014
Recent minutes and statements from the major central banks reveal that the US economy is in the Goldilocks zone – not too hot (think UK housing), not too cold (think eurozone deflation threat), but just right.
06/19/2014
IHT – have the wheels finally come off? by Gary Heynes, Baker Tilly
Recent figures have revealed that nearly a quarter of a million families are expected to pay Inheritance Tax over the next five years.
06/19/2014
. For the rich and powerful, the family unit has been the principal institution through which power is accumulated, preserved and propagated, precisely because the interest is multi-generational, requiring long-term planning and strategy.
06/18/2014
The flagship event of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Industry took place last week in Vienna. It was striking to see how the dialogue is moving on from regulatory implementation to investment, jobs and growth.