Euro ties creaking at the joints
By: David Johnson
Going global through diversification
By: Bill Blevins Email: bill.blevins@portugalresident.com ONE OF the basic rules of successful investing is diversification. International investment is a well-established concept in investment management and most investors appreciate the opportunities
UK Government dashes inheritance dreams
By: JOHN WESTWOOD Email: blacktower.financial@portugalresident.com New 82 per cent tax on pension funds GORDON BROWN issued his pre-budget report on December 10, 2006 in which he introduced several new anti
EDP needs competition to lower electricity prices
By: CHRIS GRAEME Email: chrisgraeme@sapo.pt THE GOVERNMENT has agreed to allow Portuguese electricity monopoly EDP to increase its prices by six per cent in 2007. However, despite the price hikes,
Reaching out to women’s institutes
By: Philip Bushill-Matthews Email: philip.bushill-matthews@portugalresident.com One of the final pieces of legislation voted through the European Parliament at the end of 2006, was perhaps the most important – and certainly
Europe at your service
By: Philip Bushill-Matthews Email: philip.bushill-matthews@portugalresident.com For many of us, the purpose of the European Union has always been primarily about completing a real common market, enabling trade to flow freely
New act reforms Britain’s state pension system
By Bill Blevins, Financial Correspondent Blevins Franks THE UK Pensions Bill is finally here, a year after Lord Turner’s Pension Commission report and its suggestions on how to reform an
Portugal can be tax friendly
By DENNIS SWING GREENE IT MAY come as a surprise that filing a correct tax return in Portugal can actually save you money. Submitting a fiscal declaration is not synonymous
Asset allocation – a popular and proven investment formula
By BILL BLEVINS Financial Correspondent Blevins Franks SOME PEOPLE dip their toes into the investment world with a one off buy, especially when they are younger. Perhaps it is a
Banking on your child’s future
By RAOL RUIZ MARTINEZ, Investment Adviser for Finesco Financial Services Ltd. BUYING A financial product to help secure your child’s future is not exactly the stocking filler you thought you