Financial Services & Tax

Articles

IHT mitigation

What happens to the trust of a surviving spouse who then remarries? Charlotte Reed explains

The FSA needs to introduce more radical change

Give and take

Regular giving is an effective weapon in the armoury of inheritance tax planning strategies

High stakes

Sandra Davis argues that our discretionary system of matrimonial finance is fairer than the alternatives

Paper chain

Recent guidance from HMRC demonstrates the ?importance of keeping the paperwork for pension ?schemes superseded by a SIPP. Judith Morris reports

African sunrise

South Africa is emerging as a strong market economy with a dynamic investment environment, says Mervin Messias

World's biggest litigation funder buys Firstassist for £10m

Burford Capital, which describes itself as the 'world's largest dispute financier', has today announced the purchase of Firstassist Legal Expenses Insurance, a leading ATE specialist,...

Common ground

Issues of cross-border capacity would be made simpler if England and Wales were to ratify Convention XXXV, says Richard Frimston