Brexit means Britain can ‘attach’ itself to India’s booming economy, says Rishi Sunak
The pair embraced as Mr Sunak said: “It is so nice to be here.” Mr Modi noted that his counterpart,...
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French bank BNP Paribas tells clients to back Britain and shun eurozone
Oil prices are up by around a quarter since late June and reached 10-month highs this week, as Saudi Arabia...
‘The transition to net zero has turned into a quasi-religious debate’
King believes that political posturing is part of the problem. Never one to shy away from a sporting analogy, he...
Investment in Britain has reached ‘crisis’ point, says Citi boss
In Canada, that same pot would be worth £176k, given the better performance of the country’s pension funds. In Australia, it would be even higher, £186k. This means that, on some estimates, poor performance could leave UK savers with £45,000 less in their pension pots than their Australian counterparts.The challenges of UK capital markets and pension investing are complex, decades in the making, and the UK government is to be commended for the energy and focus it is bringing to addressing this long-running issue.In framing policy to create new incentives...
Bank forced my relative to show her mother’s will to deposit cash
Andrew Griffith, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, has called on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to speed up an...
How Emmanuel Macron became the most powerful leader in the EU
Alexandre de Streel, a former Belgian diplomat and professor of European law at the University of Namur in Brussels, says:...
‘I’ve taken out a 40-year mortgage – I’m banking on rates going down’
Elliot Benson, an adviser at Sett Mortgages, said many of his clients have taken out 40-year mortgage terms.He said: “The...
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried fighting court battle in Antigua over assets
The founder of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX has been accused of failing to cooperate with the liquidation of a separate...
Jeremy Hunt’s pension lump sum ‘stealth tax’ to cost savers £28,000
Jeremy Hunt’s tax-free lump sum freeze will cost wealthy pensioners £28,000 over 10 years, analysis shows.Inflation will erode the real...
Bereaved families face inheritance tax bills on inaccessible cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency surged in popularity in recent years with Bitcoin peaking in price in late 2021. It has now plummeted in...
