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Are Covid economics here to stay?

Are Covid economics here to stay?

For a fleeting moment normality seems to have returned to our everyday lives, even if it will be some time until we can really consider the Covid-19 pandemic to be over. Nicky Maan, CEO of Spectrum Markets explores the medium and long-term trends against the background of the potentially fragile recovery.

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Post-covid tax rises to result in boom in wealth restructuring

Post-covid tax rises to result in boom in wealth restructuring

Nearly two thirds (62 per cent) of private client advisers expect high-net-worth individuals to be charged more income tax over the next 12 months, with three fifths (60 per cent) also anticipating a rise in wealth taxes as governments start repairing their countries’ economies in the wake of Covid-19, according to a new global study commissioned by Ocorian, a global leader in corporate and private client services, capital markets and fund administration. 

RESEARCH

Young people that fail to save into a pension because of the Covid crisis could miss out on thousands in savings by retirement age

Young people that fail to save into a pension because of the Covid crisis could miss out on thousands in savings by retirement age

Purely Pensions, a specialist in pension advice, complex retirement planning and defined benefit transfer advice, has uncovered that many young people starting work in the wake of the crisis who may have chosen not to begin saving towards their pension, could miss out on tens of thousands in savings by the time they reach retirement age.