Response to non-compliance crackdown
On Monday 20 September Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander announced new plans to tackle non-compliance in the tax…
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Inflation? Deflation?
The problem is that inflation and deflation are both present. How can this be? While the world keeps its fingers…
ByThe Virgin Sturgeon
Spear’s has struck a deal with King’s Fine Foods, Britain’s largest importers of caviar and suppliers of provisions to Fortnum…
ByMind, Management… and Misanthropy?
Wealth management seminars can be a snooze, but RBC Wealth Management’s one yesterday morning on tax and morality took a…
ByReuters: Bancorp to launch UHNW unit
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept 15 (Reuters) – US Bancorp (USB.N) is planning to launch a high net worth wealth management unit…
ByFinAsia: UHNWs still don’t trust advisers
A SocGen survey reveals that UHNWs’ trust in their wealth managers has still not returned. Vincent Magnenat, deputy to the…
ByJuve Still Got It
Thatcher said no man over 26 who took a bus could be considered a success in life, but she never…
ByMust Do Better!
Wealth managers fail, fail, fail to listen to their clients – so tell us what they’re doing wrong. I got…
ByWBrief: Dimon gets rough with Basel III
Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JP Morgan, has sharply criticised US and global rules implemented since the credit crisis erupted…
ByWhat a Fun Guy!
There’s nothing like a nice drink after a spot of gardening, or – in the case of Guy Paterson, who…
ByLife's Fine
When the Swiss police clocked a gentleman doing 290km/hr in a Mercedes, the penalty was always going to be punishing.…
ByElephantine Kindnesses
There’s no shame in enjoying yourself while giving to charity, says Clive Aslet Where will you be on September 11?…
ByEuro-blown
The expansion of the eurozone from the original six to sixteen has been an unmitigated economic disaster The expansion of…
BySpills
Breaking out of Fortress Wealth Management can be hard to do. You rarely leave in triumph, more often in a…
ByB’berg: Wealthy too demanding – Barclays Wealth
The world’s richest clients often come with “impossible demands,” push margins down and cause internal conflict with investment banking colleagues,…
ByWithers on a new GAAR
On Thursday 2nd September, HMRC will hold a workshop on the possible introduction of a General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR). Such…
ByAnnette New-Money
An insider at the very bosom of the financial world, Annette will be exposing its dark secrets and telling the…
ByDeath of Roth
Many believed Roth to have been Canadian, a view he often encouraged, but in reality he was steeped in Soviet…
BySigns of Intelligent Life
A new series from Anthony Haden-Guest…
ByLiving by the Code
By Geoff Cook, chief executive, Jersey Finance For those who have seen the film Pirates of the Caribbean, or have…
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