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Bob Diamond joins forces with Qatari bank for London comeback
Former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has teamed up with a Qatari investment bank to buy one of London’s oldest stockbroking firms Panmure Gordon.
Macro Views | news 16 Mar 17
Ten years on, are investors repeating the mistakes of 2007?
Investors risk being lulled into a false sense of security in the current low-volatility environment, according to Brooks Macdonald’s Niall O’Connor.
Tax & Regulation | news 16 Mar 17
HMRC tax avoidance case against Rangers football club ends
HM Revenue & Customs’ seven-year pursuit of Rangers Football Club for aiding and abetting tax avoidance ended on Thursday after two days at the UK supreme court, with a judgment expected within three to six months.
Generali delivers solid results as life business improves
Italian insurer Generali Group described its 2016 results as “excellent”, benefitting from “very strong net inflows” in its Life segment, an earlier cost cutting exercise, and a change in the product mix of its domestic business.
S Africa to end ‘too generous’ overseas worker tax break
South Africa is to draft legislation overhauling its residence-based tax rules so that South Africans working in countries with no income tax, such as the UAE, will be liable to pay tax in their home country.