One of the most talked-about investment themes across the globe today is the evolution of Cannabis stocks.

Good morning everyone and welcome to another News, Views and Truths.

With lots of different exemptions and reliefs available, Corryn Wild explains exactly what you’re able to give away, without triggering implications for Inheritance Tax planning.

In this post, Martin Howe outlines the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC), what it means, where it applies and what you can do if you are impacted by the charge. Since a change in legislation, effective from January 2013, introduced the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC), HMRC has clawed back some or all …

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This week, Andrew talks to Andy Brown, a Director within the Baillie Gifford Japanese Equity team about the sector performance in 2020 and the outlook for 2021.

Corryn Wild explains how pensions can be used to pass on wealth to others, including how to complete nomination forms effectively and the tax benefits pensions provide for inter-generational planning.

A common misconception is that ‘pensions’ are something radically different from ‘investments’ and that having a pension is, in turn, an entirely different investor experience to having an investment.  In fact, money purchase pensions* are simply investments, with a specific tax wrapper around them which brings them under pension legislation.   It’s this tax wrapper around …

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Welcome to another Monday edition of News, Views and Truths.  There was some big news last week, so let’s not dally and get straight into it…

Inheritance Tax is certainly not something to overlook. Corryn Wild explains the basic principles of Inheritance Tax, outlining the rates and exemptions commonly available…

This week, Andrew Alexander talks to David Walton, manager of the Marlborough European Multi-Cap fund about his stellar 2020 performance.