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How Much is Enough??
What figure do you have in mind when it comes to your retirement nest egg ? Anyone close to retirement will have these thoughts. Perhaps it would have been more prudent if they had thought about these matters much longer ago. However, we cannot turn the clock back, so the question remains, “how much is…
Weak Pound Attracts Overseas Investors
Weak Pound Attracts Overseas Investors “like Bees to a Honey Pot” With the weak pound tumbling after the Brexit vote, Sterling has attracted serious investors throughout the world to dig deep and make substantial returns. Financial analysts predict a saving of 10% which will enable foreign investors to save 100,000 on a 1 million pound house…
Theresa May Sets Out Ambitious Brexit Goals In Landmark Speech
British Prime Minister Theresa May outlined her ambitious plans for post-Brexit Britain in a landmark speech, outlining a collaborative future with the EU but confirming that Britain will firmly shut the door on the core EU policies of single market access and free movement of people. May’s address to EU diplomats in the Long Gallery…
British Expats Make Residency Fears Clear In “Alternative White Paper” to UK Government
A group of UK expatriates have set out their desire for the UK Government to protect their EU Citizenship through production of an “Alternative White Paper”. The expat coalition, including Bremain and Eurocitizens, published the 53 point paper titled “UK Citizens in Europe – Towards an Alternative White Paper”, setting out their concerns over their…
Leaving the EU Could Cause a Major Funding Blow to UK Universities
Leaving the EU could cause a major funding blow to UK Universities. 2.3 million students studied at universities across all levels in the UK in 2014- 2015. 436,585 of these, roughly 19%, came from other countries. In recent years there have been more students from other EU member states enrolling in universities throughout Britain, with…
FINANCIAL WEEK AT A GLANCE
Equity markets in Europe are closed for Easter, whilst in the US indices were little changed, with the Dow Jones Industrials and NASDAQ both down -0.1% and the S&P 500 flat. However, this follows a more volatile day last Thursday: European equity markets were higher, with the FTSE 100 up +0.5% and Eurostoxx 600 up…