Asset Management
Poorly Drafted Wills Provoke Family Feuds
Ready, Willing and Able
The consequences of a poorly drafted will can tear families apart. Get it right while you can, if not for your own sake then for those you leave behind, says Irene McMillan
Why You Should Demand Lower Fees
Fee Fi Fo Fum
William Drake of Lord North Street says that for future profits, demand lower fees now
Intellectual Property: A Clever Investment
Patents Are a Virtue
Chris Donegan on the rise and rise of intellectual property — and why investors need to take note
Zahawi and Hancock on 'Masters of Nothing'
The Wide Blue Yonder
A new breed of Tory MPs emerged from the 2010 general election, and already some are making their mark. Anne McElvoy looks at two of Cameron’s cabal
Juerg Zeltner of UBS on Philanthropy, the Eurozone and Rogue Traders
The Snowball Effect
The hills are alive with the sound of... giving? Josh Spero joins UBS’s philanthropy conference in St Moritz and talks exclusively to Juerg Zeltner, global Wealth Management CEO
Michael Spencer of ICAP joins Bordeaux Index as chairman
Bordeaux Index, the leading fine wine merchant, has appointed Michael Spencer as Chairman
Kaiser Partner: UHNWs care least about ethical investment or the environment
Ethical investment and environmental responsibility remain low priority issues for UHNWs, according to a recent survey of 60 leading UK private client advisers
Merrill Lynch lay out predictions for 2012
Today Merrill Lynch laid out their predictions for 2012 – a brave decision considering that Mervyn King told the Treasury Select Committee yesterday that, ‘It doesn’t make much sense to pretend we know how this is going to play out.’
Osborne's Autumn Statement: Liveblog
I will be liveblogging George Osborne's Autumn Statement here from 12 noon on Tuesday
Reuters: Safra, not Julius Baer, to buy Sarasin
Dutch cooperative Rabobank agreed to sell its majority stake in private Swiss bank Sarasin to Brazilian-Swiss private bank Safra for 1.04 billion Swiss francs ($1.13 billion), scuppering a tie-up sought by rival Julius Baer
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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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