The taxman is set for another record year when it comes to inheritance tax (IHT). HMRC collected £6.3 billion in the first nine months of the tax year. This figure is up more than 10% compared to the same period a year ago. IHT receipts have been continually climbing in recent years. Last year, the … Read more
Wage growth in the UK hit 5.6% in the three months to November 2024, meaning more money in workers’ pockets, but potentially stoking fears of inflation. Economists and analysts watch the strength of the UK labour market closely as a signifier of the health of the UK economy. Wage growth data as well as related … Read more
Market commentators like to pigeonhole equity investors with simple terms such as active, passive, contrarian, value, growth or momentum. This makes things unnecessarily complicated as most people are investing for either value or growth. Our approach is different. We are business-transformation investors focused on management and strategic change within good companies. We back strategies to … Read more
The global dental market is expected roughly to double in size over the next decade. Rising demand for aesthetic treatments, such as implants, veneers and braces, is set to drive the bulk of the growth, particularly in major developed markets such as the US and across Europe. Demand for aesthetic treatments surged immediately after the … Read more
A decade ago, the Indonesian mining billionaire Low Tuck Kwong was known mainly for his private zoo – a fabulous menagerie of peacocks, orangutans and Sumatran tigers, featuring zebra-hybrids known as “zonkeys” and the tycoon’s own “zorse”. To visiting journalists, he came across as a sort of Doctor Dolittle. In 2013, Forbes Asia reported the … Read more
It is a challenging time to be a buy-to-let landlord. Many of the benefits of investing in property have been hit by slowing rental growth, tax relief restrictions and lower capital gains tax allowances, as well as increased regulations such as the Renters’ Rights Bill. This has led many landlords to consider exiting the sector. … Read more
It’s not because this pink gem of a hotel is stashed away in the verdure of its Barbadian gardens that Cobblers Cove is so named. (Although pink and green are its signature colours.) And it’s not because, like a pirates’ cove, it is especially secret. Cobblers has been a celebrated Caribbean treasure since at least … Read more
In this Financial Samurai podcast episode, I speak to Ben Miller, co-founder and CEO of Fundrise about his outlook for residential commercial real estate in 2025. Despite high mortgage rates, he’s taken a positive view and he shares the main reasons why. Listen to my conversation with Ben by click the play button below or go to … Read more
I spend a lot of time looking through research papers and think-tank notes afflicted with a disease I call “policy lever-itus”. This painful affliction consists of undue regard for big-picture thinking about why economic growth is so poor in the UK (and in much of Europe). Pointy-head types (me included, sometimes) tend to think that … Read more
Refresh 2025-01-20T10:36:32.145Z Good morning, and thanks for joining our live blog. Dan McEvoy and Katie Williams here to take you through what promises to be an eventful day for global markets, as Donald Trump is inaugurated as US president for the second time. 2025-01-20T10:42:09.101Z The Trump timeline Before we get going on the analysis of … Read more