Market Report

CONFRONTED by extraordinary trends or events, investors are often seduced into making decisions that rival their predefined long-term plans and act against their best interests. This happens in both bull

Inland Revenue continues to crack down on tax evaders According to reports in the Sunday Times, the head of the UK Inland Revenue, David Varney, has established a specialist unit

THE US traded life interest (TLI) market is worth looking into. Some of the UK’s top fund managers are now taking this investment medium very seriously. We at Blacktower Financial

WE HAVE recently noticed that our editorials have all been a little serious of late. Perhaps it is now time for a slightly more relaxed theme. We’ve been bombarding you

Contributed by Simon Dowling, Director of Close International Asset Management Limited RECENTLY, the value of the US dollar has weakened significantly against the pound, the euro and most other currencies.

Contributed by Dennis Swing Greene International fiscal consultant, EuroFINESCO S.A. WHILE, in the ‘good old days’, many were exempt from submitting IRS tax forms, the law has changed and now

Contributed by BILL BLEVINS Financial Correspondent Blevins Franks Trustees THE EU’s revolutionary Savings Tax Directive comes into full force at the beginning of July 2005. These new regulations will change

By CLÁUDIA VAZ PÓVOA FINALLY, some good news for law firms as, on December 10 2004, a new law was published bringing a whole range of changes that were implemented

AS WE bid farewell to 2004 and welcome in 2005, this article reviews last year’s market performance as well as looking to the future. FTSE The FTSE 100 did not

THE START of a New Year is always a good opportunity to review one’s financial affairs and consider whether your capital is working as effectively, and as tax efficiently, as