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Will UK Budget spark pension exodus?

UK pensioners will increasingly be seeking to move retirement funds overseas as fears grow about the Budget in March and government plans to trap into retirement savings, warned an investment adviser at

10th January 2023

Life & Society/Markets/World

Hunt’s measures to calm markets ‘only temporary’

Jeremy Hunt’s emergency measures to calm financial markets “will only work temporarily” as Prime Minister Liz Truss faces a leadership battle which will trigger more uncertainty, the CEO of a leading financial

18th October 2022

Markets/World

The mother of all U-turns

By Craig Erlam Another turbulent start to the week, albeit a positive one broadly speaking, with equity markets around 1% higher in Europe after a decent start to the week in Asia.

17th October 2022

Markets/World

UK slaps fines on Russian imports, vodka

Britain on Tuesday imposed an additional 35% tariff on a swathe of Russian imports, from vodka to steel, and banned exports of luxury goods over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “We want to

15th March 2022

Europe/World

Sunak’s UK Budget could run into unintended consequences

Rishi Sunak’s Budget will encourage higher earners to consider their “international financial options” and will drive businesses away from the UK, warned Nigel Green, CEO of one of the world’s largest independent

5th March 2021

Europe/Markets