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What If?
Matthew Lynn imagines Europe after the euro — catastrophe followed by gradual rebuilding, a permanently altered business and political landscape, and lots of foreign change jingling in travellers’ pockets
Nous of Fraser
She rebuilt Citi on the rock and roll of the credit crunch and now leads its private bank. Jane Fraser talks to Josh Spero about Greece, China and her half-pregnant rivals
Winter of Mass-Discontent
The electorates are on the march, in New York with the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ demonstration, London, Frankfurt...
Mind The Gap
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HMRC coming after HSBC cash stashed in Switzerland
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will shortly begin writing to UK residents and organisations holding Swiss bank accounts with the HSBC in Geneva who may not have reported all their income and gains to HMRC
Big Bang's 25th Anniversary and the Credit Crunch
Bangers and Crash
On its 25th anniversary, Big Bang, which set the City free to innovate and expand, has a lot to answer for, says Freddy Barker — not least our current mess
Switzerland tops new Financial Secrecy Index, Luxembourg threatens
Although Switzerland has taken over from the US at the top of the Financial Secrecy Index, it turns out to be Luxembourg which has most to fear from this year’s publication
Citywire: FSA fines Towry £495,000
FSA has Towry Investment Management £494,900 for providing incorrect information to the FSA and client money failures
Global Financial Centres Index: London still top - just
London remains the most competitive city for business, according to the latest edition of the Global Financial Centres Index 10, but New York and Hong Kong are a whisker away and catching up. But overall results were dubiously optimistic, with 73 of 75 centres improving their rating, including last-place Athens
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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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