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How to Navigate Capital Gains Tax
Date: March 15, 2022
By Tony Clark, Senior Propositions Manager, St. James’s Place Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is a difficult subject to get your head around and some people get caught out and face fines for failing to properly declare their gains, whilst others can end up paying it unnecessarily. Here we’ll answer some commonly asked questions to help...
Will This Discourage Potential Investors?
Date: March 15, 2022
The authors are Rob Goodhew, director, Restructuring Advisory, Ben Boorer, associate managing director Business Intelligence and Investigations (BII) and Patrick Crumplin, director, Expert Services at Kroll Unregulated investments, many of which are high-risk, not only in the sense of the asset class but also potentially in terms of the underlying assets, and some of which...
Incorporating ESG Into Retirement Strategies
Date: March 14, 2022
By Andrew Megson, executive chairman, My Pension Expert Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) has come to the forefront of policymaking within the financial services sector throughout the last the decade. Indeed, many industry leaders are keen to introduce ESG into their operations. A mixture of changing laws, regulatory rules, and growing demand from investors has...
Barclays Suspends Sales of Notes Linked to Oil, Volatility
Date: March 14, 2022
By Iain Withers and Saqib Iqbal Ahmed LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – British bank Barclays said on Monday it had suspended the sales and issuance of two exchange-traded notes (ETNs) – one linked to crude oil and another to a gauge of market volatility. The two notes had a combined market capitalisation of over $1 billion...
France’s Edf Warns on Outlook Blaming Price Caps, Lower Nuclear Output
Date: March 14, 2022
By Tassilo Hummel and Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) -French power utility EDF on Monday again warned on its 2022 profit outlook, saying it could miss its financial targets because it was required to sell power at below-market prices and due to lower nuclear output. State-controlled EDF, whose shares fell as much as 3%, now sees...
U.S. Step to Delist Chinese ADRs Worsens Investment, Listing Outlook
Date: March 14, 2022
By Xie Yu and Selena Li HONG KONG (Reuters) – The U.S. securities regulator’s move to identify Chinese firms likely to be delisted from New York for not meeting auditing requirements is pushing more fund managers to exit their holdings and dimming the prospect for new listings in the near term. The U.S. Securities and...