Understanding the December effect
FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS either love or loathe the foreign exchange market in December. The currency markets thin out over the last weeks of the year as traders slope off to eat
Risk and return
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
Tax harmonisation and exchange of information…
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
US – Oil prices set to soar
Oil prices have begun to climb again due to fears that producer cartel, Opec, is set to cut back production to halt the recent price fall. US light sweet crude
Pensions in the spotlight
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
What a declining dollar means for you
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
Nothing is certain in this life save death and taxes…
…unless you attended the recent Blevins Franks Seminars? Blevins Franks Trustees recently held their annual Autumn Seminars throughout Southern Europe. They hold two financial seminars each year and this season
Fiscal deduction for individual tax for 2004… and a few note
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.
Pensions in the spotlight
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
The 2005 budget steps up anti-abuse measures
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