‘Reckless and self-defeating’: Leading wealth manager slams possible exit tax Politics The head of a leading financial advisory and wealth management firm has slammed plans to impose an exit tax on wealthy Brits fleeing the UK, arguing it would leave lasting damage on the country. Reeves is reportedly looking at a possible 20 per cent “settling-up charge” on business assets, which is the rate of Capital [...]
Bond tumult prompts comparisons with Britain’s 1970s debt crisis Economics The turmoil engulfing the UK gilt market has shades of the country’s debt crisis in the 1970s which culminated in the then Labour government needing a bailout from the IMF, according to multiple financial heavyweights. Nigel Green, chief executive of of the the world’s largest independent advisory businesses, called the market bedlam, which has seen [...]