Bank of England overhauls mortgage affordability rates
The Bank of England (BoE) has recently announced an update to its affordability rule introduced in 2014. This change will mean that a huge swa...
View articleLimited company owners: What to do with your lazy cash
What a busy few years it has been with all the tax changes coming in. For a lot of limited company directors/contractors what it has meant is ...
View articleRemortgage, anyone?
With interest rates at record lows in the UK and the Bank of England warning last week that rates will rise sooner than markets predict, now c...
View articleGroup life cover: Why to worry about your lifetime allowa...
One of the key benefits of choosing to work for an employer, apart from the obvious salary incentive, is becoming part of their employer group...
View articleTracker vs stock picker? A Nobel Prize winning mystery
In 2013 a strange thing happened at the Nobel Prize awards for Economics. This Nobel Prize has particular relevance for investors. The prize w...
View articleTop of the market? When? Where? How?
Providing prognostications on the future seems to be a habit of people in finance, investments and economics. However, much like the attempts ...
View articleThe war on South African expats continues
South Africans working abroad are already reeling at the proposed repeal of the foreign employment income tax exemption, which was recently pr...
View articlePension auto enrolment – does it apply to UK contractors?
We all now know that the UK government has become concerned that the work force is not putting enough money aside to cover their financial req...
View articleHow SARS plans to target South African expats
Mark Twain said it best – “The difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector is that the taxidermist only takes your skin”. In the 2017...
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