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24 Oct Chancellor aims to launch LISA next April

Posted at 13:00h in Financial News by Daniel_Walton 0 Comments

The previous Chancellor’s plans to launch a Lifetime ISA (LISA) have been given a fresh breath of life. In his final Budget last March, one of the surprises George Osborne produced was the Lifetime ISA, known as the LISA to everyone except HM Treasury. As a...

17 Oct The Autumn Statement: the date’s been set

Posted at 13:00h in Financial News by Daniel_Walton 0 Comments

The Treasury has confirmed that the Autumn Statement will be on 23 November. When George Osborne was replaced as Chancellor in July, his successor, Philip Hammond, deliberately avoided taking any action. He left the immediate economic response to Mark Carney and the Monetary Policy Committee at...

10 Oct What role does property play in retirement planning?

Posted at 13:00h in Retirement Planning by Daniel_Walton 0 Comments

There has been a difference of opinion on the role of property in retirement planning between the Bank of England’s Chief Economist and a former Deputy Governor. Andy Haldane, Chief Economist at the Bank of England, caused a few raised eyebrows recently when in a Sunday...

03 Oct Cash defies low interest rates

Posted at 13:00h in Financial News by Daniel_Walton 0 Comments

New statistics from HMRC show that cash is still a popular ISA investment, despite ultra-low interest rates. In early summer the Financial Conduct Authority published a report looking at easy access cash interest rates for savings account and cash ISAs. The regulator surveyed the lowest rates...

26 Sep Another Chinese export…

Posted at 12:20h in Financial News by Gemma Bellaby 0 Comments

The next stage of the opening up of the Chinese stock markets has been agreed. Many major companies incorporated in China have dual share classes: A Shares, which is the main share category, are denominated in renminbi, the Chinese currency. They are listed on the Chinese...

19 Sep HMRC plans another turn of the anti-avoidance screw

Posted at 12:07h in Financial News by Gemma Bellaby 0 Comments

In August, HMRC published a consultation document on adding a new weapon to its anti-avoidance armoury: penalties on ‘enablers’. While many were enjoying their holidays, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) released yet another paper examining ways of “strengthening tax avoidance sanctions and deterrents”. Over recent years, HMRC...