The Northern Crock effect
By: DAVID JOHNSON Currency Dealer, Halo Financial Ltd. financial@portugalresident.com UNTIL MID September, you could be forgiven for thinking that Northern Rock was a niche music genre or maybe a trendy
Never mind the buzzwords
By: RAOUL RUIZ MARTINEZ Investment Advisor, Finesco Financial Services, Ltd financial@portugalresident.com UNDOUBTEDLY YOU will have read or watched headline after headline over the past weeks concerning financial markets across the
Inflation fears of a return to the 70s
By: BILL BLEVINS Financial Correspondent, Blevins Franks financial@portugalresident.com WITH CENTRAL banks in Europe and the UK battling with the fear of rising inflation many people have been casting an eye
Banking secrecy crackdown can affect you
By: BILL BLEVINS Financial Correspondent, Blevins Franks financial@portugalresident.com THE UK’S crackdown on tax evasion and banking secrecy is a clear and (to some) shocking message that banking secrecy is no
It’s timing that reaps financial rewards
By: BILL BLEVINS financial@portugalresident.com THE TRADITIONAL maxim for stock market investment is “buy low, sell high”. While this sounds sensible advice, it’s much harder than it sounds. How do you
Estate planning
By: JOHN WESTWOOD Managing Director, Blacktower Financial Management Group financial@portugalresident.com John Westwood is the Managing Director of Blacktower Financial Management (International). Please telephone 289 355 685. WITH HOUSE prices increasing
VAT and car taxation
By: PEDRO SIMÕES financial@portugalresident.com RECENTLY, WE heard in the press that Portugal was sued by the European Union because VAT is being paid on car tax. However, that information was
Inheritance tax could be axed
By: BILL BLEVINS financial@portugalresident.com FOLLOWING PROPOSALS for revolutionary tax cuts in the UK by the Conservative party, inheritance tax (IHT) may be scrapped. But first the Tories have to win
Credit crunches and currency crises
By: DAVID JOHNSON financial@portugalresident.com Last time I wrote about concerns over increasing levels of default in the US mortgage market, especially those loans where the borrower has a less than
Self catering accommodation & licensing requirements Part 3
Self catering accommodation and licensing requirements – Part three: Owners, agents and holidaymakers By: DENNIS SWING-GREENE International Fiscal Consultant for euroFINESCO financial@portugalresident.com WHEN THE relationship is directly between the owner