Economy & Finance

EUROZONE INTEREST rates had not changed for two-and-a-half years, they had not risen for five. But all that changed on December 1, when the European Central Bank (ECB) finally tightened

Contributed by SIMON DOWLING, Director, Close International Asset Management The investment world can be a risky place. John Sunderland, President of CBI, said at a recent conference that, “Britain’s greatness

Swiss unlikely to put savings tax directive to referendum Recent reports suggest that the passage towards implementation of the European Union’s Savings Tax Directive in Switzerland will be smoother than

PART 2 To read part 1 of this article click here.   This week I continue my previous article on the new UK pensions regulations that will come into force

The stock markets may have reacted well to George W Bush’s re-election in the United States, but it has been a different story with the Dollar. The US currency has

The year is drawing to a close and one of the main concerns for anyone who works and has income is how to pay the minimum amount of fiscal tax.

PART 1 The recent headlines about the UK pensions time bomb brought pensions firmly back into the spotlight. This issue was about people failing to save enough for their retirement

How will the 2005 budget affect you? Resident reporter Chris Graeme spoke to two partners at Deloitte to see what the various changes imply for individuals and companies.   Portuguese