Seneca Partners’ new service helps clients avoid inheritance tax by funding SMEs
Author: by Chloe Barrow Wealthy individuals – or indeed all people – are understandably concerned at the prospect of losing…
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Moral outrage is not a way to calculate tax bills
Last month Charlie Elphicke MP tabled an amendment to the Finance Bill to criminalise lawyers and accountants who promote aggressive…
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Financiers don bowler hats and abseil down Lloyds for Lord Mayor’s new Giving Day
The Lord Mayor’s Giving Day is upon us – the first of what organisers hope to become a landmark in…
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As Wimbledon ends, could UK tax put sports stars off returning next year?
Once again, the sporting institution that is Wimbledon has ended in style, climaxing with Novak Djokovic’s spectacular victory over Roger…
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UK Investor visa reformed to welcome the wealthy, the Chinese and teenagers
As global wealth is on the increase, the UK remains an attractive destination for HNW individuals where investment from overseas…
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Wealth advisers need to speak up like grown-ups, not whine about the ‘war on wealth’
There is a war on wealth, so Robert Amsterdam tells us. Give me a break. If this is war then…
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With the richest 10 per cent of UK households holding 44 per cent of all wealth and the poorest 50…
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The global war on wealth is trampling on the rights of all of us
WAR ON WEALTH An emerging international trend is taking shape across politics, law, financial institutions and regulatory cultures that poses…
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Build your portfolio while you build housing for those with a learning disability
Author: by Chloe Barrow Charitable investments don’t usually remunerate the benefactor, apart from offering a clearer conscience or perhaps exalting…
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What an ancient Egyptian will has to tell us about inheritance today
The document itself measures almost 1.8 metres long and is on display in the Egyptian and Nubian gallery of the…
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With Juncker heading the EU, now is the time for brave Dave to act
The way Brussels has ignored the recent pro-nationalist Euro-election result by electing a federalist as its president tells you all…
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Could Shoreditch luxury property overtake Mayfair?
The riches are in the East for those looking for treasure – but this time we mean East London, not…
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HMRC’s invasion of private accounts shows total disregard for citizens’ rights
COLLECTING ANXIETY Many of us shifted in our seats uncomfortably when we heard the Chancellor of the Exchequer announce in…
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When will the world wake up to the sorry consequences of QE?
Author: by Stephen Hill My last three blogs have examined QE in the US/UK, China and Japan, posing the question…
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The new Madoff-like scams the wealthy are falling for
After Madoff, people have become wise to Ponzi schemes – but new schemes are relying on the same components and…
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What can philanthropists learn from the World Cup?
This tournament is already touted as one of the most exciting World Cups in recent years. We’ve seen the usual…
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Will the mansion tax ever come to fruition?
A number of recent articles have been focussed on a prospective mansion tax. This is for good reason in that…
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Quantitative easing is causing Japan the same problems as us
Author: by Stephen Hill In the Thatcher-Reagan Go-Go 1980s, it was Japan that really stepped on the gas and left…
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The Cooper-Hohn divorce gets more acrimonious (part two)
Divorce cases are often acrimonious, but when the case centres on assets worth millions it is understandable that both parties…
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Will a social-media clause in your prenup prevent your embarrassing photos getting out?
Along with the usual wedding preparations, more couples are considering whether or not to enter into a prenuptial agreement. The…
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