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Introducing the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority

Jeannie DrakeBy Jeannie Drake
Non-executive Director, Personal Accounts Delivery Authority

An estimated seven million people are currently under-saving for retirement – a stark fact which personal accounts are designed to combat...

Taxes on foreign profit threaten more than headquarter locations

Michael DevereuxBy Michael Devereux
Director, Centre for Business Taxation, University of Oxford

Examining the Government’s proposals to reform taxation of foreign income...

Summing up the winners and losers in the great RDR debate

John LappinBy John Lappin
Editor, MoneyMarketing

Following the FSA’s interim paper on the RDR, where now in the tug of war?...

Industry made to sweat on shape and timing of UCITS reform

TravelSomewhat predictably, the deadline for the revision of the UCITS IV Directive has been missed again...

Food vs. Fuel: Globalisation takes its toll

Corn and cloudsOnce considered a green alternative to fossil fuels, it has emerged that the use of biofuels may be driving up global food prices ...

Back to the Future

The Future road signThe FSA’s interim report on the Retail Distribution Review is something of a blast from the past...

Out with the old, in with the older

Italian flagItaly has just re-elected Silvio Berlusconi for a third time – a decision which could prove costly to the country...

Financial Education in the EU

AbacusAs the FSA grapples with the the issue of financial sapability, it is not alone - the European Commission is determined not to be left out of the discussion...

The shifting sands in workplace pensions: Will regulation help employers to keep their promises?

Filing cabinetJust how far should public policy go in protecting the rights of those with occupational pension schemes?...

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StethoscopeAnalysing the three recent public policy initiatives launched in the mortgage market...

 

 

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