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So, first we have Hector Sants ‘Be scared, be very scared’ who, after an abysmal reign, was rewarded with a knighthood, widely presumed to have been his price for keeping quiet about instructions...

Last month for the first time, Saudi Arabia’s stock market opened its doors to foreign investors as the kingdom seeks to diversify its economy which is currently hugely dependent on oil. The Saudi...

The Cirencester Friendly Society specialises in the provision of Income Protection Plans. In May 2007 a Mr Parkin took out one of their plans and then in August made a claim on the basis that he was...

With the government loudly committed to getting rid of ‘morally repugnant’ tax avoidance schemes, it is worth looking at film partnerships which have been the target for a lot of the righteous...

There was a time when, if a client was determined to follow a course of action with which his adviser disapproved, the client would simply be asked to sign an indemnity letter confirming that he was...

A life settlement or ‘traded life policy investment’ (TLPI) is the sale of an existing life insurance policy to a third party for more than its cash surrender value but less than its net death...

Cyber attacks resulting from data breaches are on the increase. In this country, because of relatively weak reporting systems, we seldom hear about individual hacking cases. In the US where...

None too soon, advice given in relation to mortgages is coming under the same sort of regulatory scrutiny as does investment advice. Royal Bank of Scotland was fined £14.5 after the FCA found that...

With two thirds of the population never having made a will, intestacy is a major issue in UK. The rules, originally made in 1925, are draconian and there has been constant pressure from consumer...

Those readers of a certain age will remember the mantra ‘tax avoidance is legal, tax evasion is not.’ This seems to have faded into the past however. Great yardage of print has been devoted to...