New report: United Kingdom’s real estate market trends for 2017

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Real Estate in the United Kingdom industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2012-16, and forecast to 2021). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading…

5 Lifestyle Factors When Buying Your Overseas Property

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When choosing a place to buy abroad it’s not just about how cheap the property is. Of course, this is a pretty big driver for most buyers, but along with accessibility, lifestyle factors also come into play. So how do you choose between your…

How investors can find bond yield in a low-interest environment

Interest rates remain close to historical lows, despite the global economy growing at a steady pace, and the search for yield is becoming more and more difficult. Although the US Federal Reserve is in a tightening cycle, this remains gradual…

UK Trading Costs Rise Since Brexit

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It has cost fund managers an average of six additional basis points to trade UK equities since the UK voted to leave the European Union in June last year according to analysis by electronic broker ITG. The Brexit referendum was held on June…

Pound tourists’ shop for UK corporate bonds

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The weakness in the pound has spurred greater demand from foreign investors for UK debt securities, with “sterling tourists” hailing mainly from Europe, helping British companies sell bonds. The trend is a sign of how the dramatic depreciation…

Jack Rose: Buy-to-let tax changes and the EIS opportunity within

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For clients looking to sell down their property portfolio in the wake of changes to the buy-to-let taxation regime, the ability to defer any CGT due makes investing in an EIS a useful tax-planning option, explains Jack Rose The phenomenon…

Global Sunflower oil Market Research Report 2017-2022

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2017 Global and regional Sunflower oil market, providing information on major players like manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, traders, customers, investors and etc., major types, major applications from Global and major regions such as…

Use ‘Enterprise Investment Scheme’ to slash tax on sale of farm cottages, experts advise

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Landowners who sell surplus cottages face paying up to 28% Capital Gains Tax (CTG) – but they could slash this by investing the profits into an Enterprise Investment Scheme. According to Old Mill Accountants and Financial Planners, the…

Venture Capital Investing Process Improvement Through “Machine Learning”

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Technology executive Veronica Wu looks at machine learning and the process of Silicon Valley venture capital investing, a traditionally a “long shot” method, with an eye to improving win percentage. In a McKinsey question and answer session…

Investing in venture capital funds: Do your homework first

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While returns are potentially high, risks are high too, and you must have holding power Investing in a venture capital (VC) fund is not for the average retail investor because while returns can be high at about 20 per cent or more a year, the…

The Narrowing Risk Gap Between Traditional and Alternative Investments

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This article was written by Matthew Cushen, co-founder of Worth Capital. Ten year anniversary As we approach the ten-year anniversary of the financial crisis there seems an interesting contrast between then and now. 10 years ago we had…

UK bond market on track for the biggest losses in our time, says investment officer

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Investors in the U.K. bond market could see losses on their bond portfolios as the Bank of England continues to be behind the inflation curve, an investment officer told CNBC on Monday. "I see a scenario where losses will be inflicted on…