Remortgage, 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...
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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...
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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...
View articleSA tax payers and the Common Reporting Standard
Martha & the Vandellas’ hit released 40 years ago seems more apt than ever. A government keen on increasing tax revenues at all costs and new ...
View articleSouth Africa’s sovereign debt downgrade and its implicati...
South Africa finds itself in the grip of a full-blown political crisis. In times like this, cool heads prevail and well-considered plan Bs are...
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