Napoleon Bonaparte once said “Let China sleep. For when China awakes, it will shake the world”. In an age of cuts, austerity and anaemic economic growth in the West, not since the…
Yearly Archives:
2010
Investment Note: Asia
Investment Review and Market Outlook
Takeover activity remains buoyant in the UK and IMF forecasts if reasonable growth levels for 2011, based on confidence in the governments debt reduction plans, were received positively. An increase in risk appetite…
Fiducia News
The ISA limit for 2011/12 has been confirmed as £10,680, up to half of which can be held in a Cash ISA. A new Junior ISA is to be launched in a…
Pension Tax Relief Reform
The Coalition Government has set out the new pension tax relief rules which will apply from 6th April 2011. One of the principal changes, which had been widely expected, is the reduction in…
Sky dive for Headway Essex
Our Head of Investments Gordon Kearney fearlessly (!) raised over £1200 on behalf of Headway Essex by successfully completing a solo sky dive from 12,000 feet. Congratulations Gordon! If you…
Fiducia News
Fresh from achieving a first class degree in Economics, 22-year-old John Shea has joined Fiducia on an internship working in the investment team alongside fellow University of Essex graduates Gordon…
Fiducia News
Exam Success Steve Doe, Angelique Decrem and Sarah Travers all passed Diploma in Financial Planning exams. Sarah has now attained the Diploma and holds the title DipPFS, she will shortly…
EU Launches Green Paper on Pensions
European pension systems are under pressure from demographic ageing as a result of increases in longevity and declining birth rates. From 2012, the working age population in Europe will begin…
Trust Planning
Some good news for trust planning The Perpetuities and Accumulation Act came into effect on 6 April and introduced two significant changes. Firstly the maximum life of a trust has…
Emergency Budget
Emergency Budget The first Budget under the new Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition government on Tuesday 22nd June saw George Osborne outline the first steps in tackling the crippling level…