SERS' billions in high-fee private investments haven't been enough to stop a growing deficit
New analysis which shows that the United Kingdom has the fourth highest top rate of income tax in the European Union will add to calls for the 50pc band to be scrapped – but I beg to disagree. Global analysis by accountants KPMG found that out of 96 countries surveyed, only five had tax rates [...]Rocaton and Cambridge out, Kuhns and StepStone in
José Manuel Barroso's proposal for a financial transaction tax to help repair public balance sheets has raised anew the prospect of a two speed Europe. With the economic powerhouse of the City to defend, Britain has repeatedly sworn to use its veto to block any such notion, so in the past it has always been [...]
The average easy access savings account has lost nearly £2,500 of its real value or purchasing power during the last decade, according to calculations by Yorskhire Building Society. Inflation is the insidious enemy of savers because it stealthily reduces what their money will buy. But with the Government’s favoured yardstick, the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) [...]
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The Federal Reserve’s “Operation Twist” is intended to boost consumer spending, but it could cause lots of problems for defined benefit pension plans who haven’t adopted a liability-driven investment (LDI) strategy. Here’s what plan sponsors need to consider: 1. If long-term interest rates drop due to “Operation Twist”, then pension liabilities will likely increase and [...]
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