Tax & Technical | 20 Mar 18
BBC could have avoided £170m in tax
A UK parliamentary select committee inquiry into pay at the BBC, a bungled system to push employees into freelance status, has revealed the perils of putting tax responsibility on individuals and the tax the BBC could have avoided.
PEOPLE MOVES: Investec, NN IP and Heartwood
NN IP chooses its lead portfolio manager of emerging market debt, Investec hires its UK institutional sales director from Goldman Sachs and Heartwood makes a raft appointments to its investment team.
South Africa’s tax chief suspended
In a bid to boost investor confidence, South Africa’s new president Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended the head of the tax service after he refused to resign.
Fixed Income | 20 Mar 18
Where next for bond flows?
Skittish investment in high yield and robust demand for emerging market debt led the action by European bond funds over the last year, but will this trend continue?
Emerging Markets | 20 Mar 18
Emerging markets: Who’s in your little red book?
Sometimes the details reveal the bigger picture.