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Luxury Home Rental Income On The Slide
Rents for prime residential property across the world has dropped for the third quarter in a row, according to the latest data. A survey by international property firm Knight Frank scrutinised rents in 17 major cities and found that they decreased by 0.5% in the first three months of this year. Only six of…
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Gulf states set date for introducing VAT
The Gulf States have finally succumbed to raising taxes in a bid to repair their oil-ravaged finances. The six nations have agreed to introduce a value-added tax (VAT) on goods and services sometime in 2018. The leaders and finance ministers have discussed implementing the tax for some time, but the plunging price of oil…
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Financial Understanding
Money matters too complicated for most adults While pensions, tax, and money matters are becoming ever more complicated, fewer ordinary people understand their finances. Research in the UK and the USA reveal that financial understanding is quite low and that providers and governments need to spend more money on education, rather than offering ever easier…
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Pensioners save half as much as they need for retirement
British pensioners are only saving half as much as they should build a cash pile to generate the money they need to fund a comfortable retirement. Over the 50s were quizzed about how much annual income would fund different levels of retirement lifestyle and how much savings that would be required to generate the…
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End of Service Benefits for Middle East
Zurich International and Insight Discovery have recently facilitated a roundtable discussion with business leaders to discuss the increasing burden of managing EOSB and how the landscape is likely to change in the years ahead. With expatriate employees staying longer in the region and the rate of salary exceeding expectations, the legal obligation of providing…
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UK Financial sector determined to keep EU passport
Britain’s financial sector is working hard to not lose EU passporting after the vote to leave the EU. Lord Mayor of the City of London said on Friday. “I think we’re determined that we won’t,” lose passporting rights. The ambassador and UK financial service representative said that it’s clear that we want to stay…
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