Analysis
Tax & Regulation | analysis 25 Nov 15
Buy-to-let Stamp Duty hike among perks under fire
Chancellor George Osborne showed a steely determination to tackle some of the cosier aspects of the lives of the wealthy in this year’s Autumn Statement. Tax evasion, capital gains tax and second homes came under scrutiny in an otherwise relatively benign budget.
United Kingdom | analysis 23 Nov 15
ANALYSIS: Clouds gathering ahead of Chancellor’s Autumn Statement
As we enter winter there are clouds on the horizon for the United Kingdom economy and Chancellor George Osborne has to deliver his Autumn Statement against an increasingly murky backdrop.
United Kingdom | analysis 19 Nov 15
OPINION: Why wealth managers must act now to save their future
Break a mirror, and you’ll get seven years of bad luck. Break the banking system, and it’ll take that long just for regulators to work out who’s to blame.
Investment | analysis 18 Nov 15
ANALYSIS: Changing correlations in a climate of rising rates
There have been relatively few reasons to hold gilts and other sovereign bonds in the current environment.
Emerging Markets | analysis 18 Nov 15
ANALYSIS: Growing EM/DM split is hitting dividends
The latest Henderson Global Dividend index shows an increasing polarisation between emerging and developed markets, reflecting in particular the contrasting fortunes of the US and China.