Asset Management
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Looking to diversify your investments? It could be time to hit the bottle, says Chris Smith
Risky Business
On a scale of eating day-old yoghurt to Russian roulette, how risky should your portfolio be? And does your wealth manager actually know? Freddy Barker investigates
A Time of Inflation
If I prove to be right, you read it here first, and not for the first time before and during this global crisis
Rough Diamond
What else would you expect from an American investment banker who's twice foregone his bonus but pugnacity?
Dealing in Futures
Pictet’s Christophe Donay unrolls his map of the current financial landscape and identifies areas of relative safety and others of mystery and possible danger
Something Oiled, Something New
Claudia Perotti on how the rising cost and declining supply of oil will affect your investment portfolio as well as your day-to-day way of life
Liquidity, Ahoy!
The good ship QE2, as the Fed’s second round of quantitative easing is snappily known, is about to set sail, and we’re all aboard — whether we like it or not, says Guy Monson
The Sunset King
With positions from the government to the Tate, Lord Browne has never been more in demand. He tells Josh Spero what life is like Beyond Petroleum
OMG, This is Major
Don’t ignore the abbreviations — the impact of the RDR on HNWs and their IFAs is going to be seismic, says Freddy Barker
Merrills lays out its 2011 vision
Merrill Lynch this morning presented their forecasts for 2011: Asia will continue to usurp Europe's position. Freddy Barker reports
Unbillable Hours
Our specialists solve your HNW problems (gratis!)
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Is it really possible to avoid stamp duty land tax when purchasing land and property?
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A lot has been made recently in the press about buyers of some of the UK’s most expensive homes avoiding stamp duty land tax (SDLT) by purchasing their home through a company.
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