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Scotsman: Investors Aim For Smaller Firms To Minimise Inheritance Tax Payments
AS A means of mitigating inheritance tax while retaining control over their estate, investors are taking an increasing interest in the Alternative Investment Market.
Scotsman: How A Home In The Sun Can Also Be Made To Work For You
OWNING a place in the sun is becoming an increasingly attractive proposition for Scots, either as a holiday home or as a buy-to-let investment.
This Is Money: Newcastle Utd Confirm Bid Talks
Newcastle United has confirmed takeover talks with investment firm Belgravia Group are ongoing but that no firm offer had been tabled.
Motley Fool: AIM Matures
London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) for small and growing companies has been a roaring success. More than a thousand companies are now members and some of these companies aren’t small. New Star Asset Management (LSE: NSAM), for example, has a £1.1bn market cap while gold miner Peter Hambro Mining (LSE: POG) is currently worth around £940m.
MoneyExpert: ‘Majority Opt For Cash Child Trust Funds’
When deciding whether to opt for cash or equity based child trust funds (CTFs) the majority of parents will choose the cash option, new research has found.
Family Finance: Foreign Mortgages. New Horizons?
Author: Dot Piper
There has been a tremendous boom in overseas property ownership. Whether for personal use as a family, holiday or retirement property or as an investment property, the market shows no sign of slowing down.
In the excitement of making the decision to go ahead, it’s easy to overlook the importance of taking professional advice […]
Motley Fool: Why Shares Have Risen
The FTSE 100 index rose to a five-and-a-half year high of 6,172 points last week. But it was only five months ago when some pundits were warning that shares may slump.
Scotsman: Hopes For Japanese Trust Not Inflated Over The Long Term
JAPAN’S emergence from deflation – when the country saw many years of falling prices – looks set to continue to benefit investors in the Baillie Gifford Japan investment trust.
Scotsman: Savings Slump Deepens, With Few Looking To Retirement
STANDARD Life has discovered that the proportion of people saving has fallen over the past three months, but confidence in property as an investment class continues to be high.