SUCCESSION – Making a Plan

Europe has been ranked as the best place in the world for expatriates seeking career progression whilst retaining great working conditions, according to HSBC’s Expat Explorer survey. The annual survey ranked Switzerland as the best place to work in terms of earnings potential, career progression and working conditions for the second year running, with average…

In the UK, the FTSE 100 fell almost 2% on Thursday to close out its worst month since the early days of the Covid pandemic with the Index falling more than 5% over the month of June. US equities rebounded to break a four-day skid in a thinly-traded Friday session that featured multiple flips between…

The last day of the tax year is coming up in April, but there is still time to take steps in order to make the most of your pension. Here are some useful tips from our partners at Standard Life to help you prepare.  1. Use your pension allowance Your pension annual allowance is the…

Markets ended last week moving downwards and have started this week in a similar tone.   The S&P 500 was down -1.5% on Friday and now stands at its lowest level since November 2020. In European markets yesterday morning the STOXX 600 is down -0.7% and the FTSE 350 down -0.5%, both off initial lows….

When you retire, you won’t be paid to work anymore – so where might your money come from? There’s a good chance you could get it from multiple sources. And knowing what these sources might be could help you plan for retirement. Defined contribution or defined benefit plansSome of your money could come from a…

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has outlined the wage prospects of UK workers as “dreadful” after Chancellor Philip Hammond’s first Autumn Statement. The IFS states that workers will be worse off financially in 2021 in real terms than they were in 2008, with lower income families to be the worse affected. Paul Johnson, Director…