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Do You Understand Your Compensation Limits? |
| Tuesday, February 21, 2012 3:40 PM | |
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Prior to September 2007, not many savers gave much thought to bank deposit guarantees. After the collapse of Northern Rock and the following banking crisis compensation limits became rather more important. Nevertheless research from the UK Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) at the end of last year found th ... read more ... |
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Left Or Right, The Only Way Is Up - Taxation In France |
| Tuesday, February 21, 2012 3:35 PM | |
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You’re probably familiar with the Benjamin Franklin quote “in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes”. I fear we’ll soon be able to change it to “nothing is certain but death and rising taxes”. You may think we’ve had more than enough tax increases in France, but with France having lost its valued AAA cred ... read more ... |
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UK Offshore Centres Under Attack Again? |
| Tuesday, February 21, 2012 3:30 PM | |
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UK Labour leader Ed Miliband ruffled a few feathers when he attacked the British crown dependencies for being “tax havens” and called for action to be taken against them. This is rather familiar territory as we’ve seen the previous Labour government commission reviews into the tax practices of Jersey, Guernsey and the ... read more ... |
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Bank of England Announces More Quantitative Easing |
| Thursday, February 16, 2012 11:15 AM | |
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The Bank of England has announced another round of quantitative easing. At its meeting on 9th February the Monetary Policy Committee voted to pump £50bn of extra stimulus into the economy. I thought it would be useful to take a closer look at quantitative easing at this point.What is quantitative easing?Normally when ... read more ... |
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Tax Considerations For Returning To The UK - Part 2 |
| Wednesday, February 15, 2012 12:00 PM | |
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If you are a British expatriate planning to return to the UK, in order to lower your UK tax liabilities it’s important to seek advice and start planning before you leave your current country of residence. In Part 1 of this article I discussed income and capital gains tax; here I look at other issues you may need to co ... read more ... |
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January – An Encouraging Start To The Year |
| Wednesday, February 08, 2012 10:05 AM | |
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January was a very positive month for the major equity markets as they enjoyed a strong start to 2012. The FTSE 100 index posted its best monthly performance since October, helped by strong corporate results, higher oil prices and improved risk appetite. European shares had reached a 6-month high by 1st February. Ove ... read more ... |
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Tax Considerations For Returning To The UK - Part 1 |
| Wednesday, February 08, 2012 10:00 AM | |
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While the number of expatriates moving back seems to have increased over recent years, contrary to media reports it’s not always because of the financial climate. There are various reasons why people return “home”. Sometimes it’s because they’ve been missing their family too much, or because their family need them ne ... read more ... |
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