Financial Services & Tax

Articles

22 Jan 2016

Shoe meets foot

A perfect storm of start-ups looking for angel investment and a plethora of willing investors saw growth companies benefit handsomely in 2015

21 Jan 2016

Immovable? Tax it!

George Osborne has made some sizable changes to the treatment of second properties and in the process, may have killed off an asset class

20 Jan 2016

Evolving focuses

Clients in Asia are prioritising the strength of a jurisdiction's regulatory standards as much as any other selling point

18 Jan 2016

The new lone star state

Claire Bennsion considers what the fallout might be should the UK vote to leave the European Union in the upcoming referendum

18 Jan 2016

Record-high overseas information requests increases burden on financial sector

'Disruptive' and 'expensive' process should lead to increased diligence checks, says RPC partner

15 Jan 2016

The road to hell

Actions taken with good intentions sometimes have the effect of backfiring disastrously. Politicians somehow have a knack of pulling off this feat more than most

12 Jan 2016

The cost of justice

A legal action does not always have to wear down a client's financial resources - there are viable alternative funding options available

12 Jan 2016

Foreign investors welcome?

There has been a sharp drop in the number of people using the Tier 1 (investor) visa scheme since recent changes. Should applicants be concerned?