The latest quarterly review of the FTSE 100 revealed common misunderstandings about how the index is drawn up. Every quarter FTSE...

The June 2018 review of constituents for the main Emerging Markets Index has produced a few surprises. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is...

HMRC’s latest statistics provide an insight into the income tax paying population. The figures reveal changes in the distribution of tax...

Regulator seeks to make platform switching easier On 16 July 2018, the Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) published its interim report...

National Savings & Investments (NS&I) has introduced limits on its offerings for wealthier savers. In mid-June NS&I announced a revision...

Important interest rate announcements were made in June, both in the UK and the US. The US Federal Reserve announced its seventh 0.25%...

A new report has proposed taxing the baby boomers to help resolve major issues around intergenerational fairness. The report, published...

The way savings are taxed is being reviewed by the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS). The OTS is looking at the way in which savings and...

The Bank of England did not raise interest rates in May, despite earlier suggestions that it would. About four years ago a member of the...

Transfers out of private sector final salaries boomed in 2017. There was a dramatic increase in the value of number of transfers out of...