Hints and tips:
...It recently completed its acquisition of fund manager River & Mercantile for just under £100mn and agreed to buy boutique SVM for £10.7mn in June....
...If you plan to move back to the UK following a prolonged stint elsewhere, seeing a tax adviser long before you move back could save you money....
...Shaftesbury has already provided rent waivers and deferrals. “We are going to be very realistic about the expectation of recovering some of those arrears,” says Mr Bickell....
...Some airlines welcomed the government’s plan to review APD, with easyJet’s Mr Lundgren saying it was a good start....
...“The coalition plans to fund the new £75,000 cap on elderly care costs with changes to IHT,” says Tim Gregory at Saffery Champness....
...Tax laws make it easy to offer auto-enrolment, so long as 401(k) plans start with a minimum automatic contribution rate – also called a deferral – of 3 per cent of compensation and cap it at 10 per cent....
...The rise in alternatives to mutual funds – such as exchange traded funds and collective investments trusts – has allowed plan participants access to cheaper products for saving....
...Goldfields EIS, for example, has reminded investors that it has already identified around £10m-worth of pre-installed panels that it plans to buy to generate an income for its fund....
...And it remains a sacred trust that must be passed down from one generation to the next. That is why not a dollar of the Medicare trust fund will be used to pay for this plan....
...In fact, these proposals will actually extend the life of the Medicare Trust Fund by 7 years and reduce premiums for Medicare beneficiaries by roughly $43 billion over 10 years....
...You could build a balanced portfolio using pooled funds such as Oeics or unit trusts. Be aware of your debts and arrange to pay off the overdraft first....
...Investors will still be able to access residential property as an asset class but only via funds such as the soon-to-be-introduced Real Estate Investment Trusts (Reits). ……………………………………………………………………………………...
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