Financial Services & Tax

Articles

Powering up

The Financial Services Bill is a step closer to a new UK regulatory architecture, say Michael McKee and Gavin Punia

Banks need to start putting customers before bottom line profits, says Colin Lawson

Tied up

Re JDS shows that the Court of Protection is not likely to authorise a gift out of funds from personal injury awards, reports Joseph Goldsmith

Destination unknown

When should you go offshore and when should you stay at home? John Langan walks us through some common investment structures

Unknown quantity

Patrick Connolly ponders the investment landscape and finds that in 2012 the only real certainty will be uncertainty

Climate change

Investors need to be patient if they are to capitalise fully on the shift in economic power from west to east, cautions Rupert Elwes

Property ladder

Equity release is gaining in popularity as a viable retirement tool, says Andrea Rozario

Reports of the death of equities are greatly exaggerated, says Rupert Elwes

“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.”  - Bill Vaughan