Asset Management
Three cheers for UBS's rogue trader?
In the week of the Vickers Report, what better evidence that investment banks and retail banks should be separated?
How the Vickers Report Affects the Wealthy
The Vickers Report on banking reform, published today, provided little clarity on how HNW private banking clients would be affected
Vickers Report: Key Conclusions
The final report of the Independent Commission on Banking has recommended that deposits from normal customers and SMEs should be ringfenced within a bank, with its own board of directors. Read more here
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Francly Speaking
The Swiss action has put a decisive line under all that kind of nonsense. The gloves are now well and truly off
British wealthy silent on more taxes
Among the recent clamour of the American and European wealthy to be taxed more, one country's billionaires have remained resolutely silent: Britain's
Gold, Politics and Venezuela
Markets were abuzz last week with Chavez’s recall of Venezuela’s gold reserves not currently held in Caracas
Guardian: Wealthy urge 'tax me harder'
Now, as both France and Spain consider introducing a wealth tax, a group of 50 rich Germans have joined the "tax me harder" movement
FT: US wealthy face new disclosures
Rich families around the world face a choice between surrendering privacy around their investments and significant legal risk as a consequence of new US rules designed to improve hedge fund transparency
Accentuate the Positive
Turmoil, volatility, uncertainty? Well, yes — but there are still grounds for optimism and even opportunism in the global investment markets, says Guy Monson
Unbillable Hours
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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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