China-listed shares are finally to be included in the leading emerging markets index (MSCI Emerging Markets Index). As has been highlighted in previous investment articles, China has the world’s second largest equity market. But at present shares listed on the Chinese stock exchanges don’t figure in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The MSCI […]
The general election left the future of many spring Budget announcements up in the air, but that situation may soon change. When Theresa May announced her snap election in April, it threw a major spanner in the previous month’s Budget. There was no time to pass the 776 pages of Finance Bill before parliament shut […]
From April 2017, a new Inheritance Tax (IHT) nil-rate band is available in addition to an individual’s own nil-rate band. When it was announced in 2015, media headlines suggested that everyone could leave a tax-free legacy of £1m, but the changes will be introduced over the next few years, and don’t apply in every case. […]
Action Fraud has launched an identity fraud campaign with the City of London Police, Cifas and Equifax, asking members of the public to consider how careful they are with their personal and financial details. A recent YouGov Survey commissioned by Equifax found that the UK population are failing to take basic steps like protecting passwords […]
The first six months of 2017 have presented investors with an interesting half year. Think about the first six months of 2017 in the UK. There were several serious terrorist attacks, Article 50 was triggered to start the formal Brexit process, the Budget less than perfectly executed and, to round matters off, a snap election […]
Judging by the manifestos of the three main political parties, the days of appealing to voters by cutting income tax (and its alter ego, national insurance) are over: The Conservatives repeated their 2015 manifesto promise of a personal allowance of £12,500 and a higher rate threshold of £50,000 (outside Scotland) by 2020. The way inflation […]
