Tax & Regulation | 5 Apr 16
HMRC bags record £4bn in IHT
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has raised more than £4bn ($5.7bn, €5bn) in revenues from inheritance tax (IHT) for the first time in its history, according to the latest figures published by the UK tax office.
People Moves | 5 Apr 16
PEOPLE MOVES: Amundi, Cazenove, Northern Trust…
Amundi subsidiary CPR Asset Management has named a new chief executive, with Cazenove’s new chief investment officer joining from Architas. Northern Trust AM has a new head of Asia Pacific, while the chief executive of newly rebranded Al Hilal is to depart.
Global Equities Hub | 5 Apr 16
Expand your mind
Following the global financial crisis, interest rates and bond yields saw investors broaden their demand for income by increasingly turning to equities – yet these same investors are reticent to broaden their equity search beyond their domestic market.
Emerging Markets | 4 Apr 16
Why Venezuela could be best or worst for bond returns
Growing up in Brazil, Claudia Calich got to learn all about hyperinflation and currency devaluations at first hand through her father’s engineering business, based in Porto Alegre in the country’s southern-most state of Rio Grande do Sul on the border of Uruguay and Argentina.
Tax & Regulation | 4 Apr 16
HMRC crackdown nets big CGT haul
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has collected more than £150m ($213m, €188m) following a crackdown on unpaid capital gains tax (CGT) over the past 12 months.
