Surveys & Research

Readers now have just three weeks left to make a nomination for the 2021 eprivateclient 50 Most Influential - the definitive list of the most influential professionals in the private client field

New figures from HMRC show a decline in the number of trusts making Self Assessment returns but an increase in the total tax paid by these trusts and total income by type of trust

In just over a week Americans will take to the polls and we will hopefully find out who will be leading the US as President for the next four years. While much of the campaign has been dominated by Covid-19 policies, racial inequalities and the Supreme Court, the impact of the candidates’ tax policies cannot be underestimated for private clients....

Over 70 percent of ultra high net worth (UHNW) families have leadership structures in place, says international family office Stonehage Fleming

Latest figures from the Valuation Office Agency show there are now nearly 39,000 granny annexes in England and Wales alone – an increase of 16 percent in recent years

Gifting by wealthy family members to their children has soared over the past three months but post-COVID tax planning is not the primary driver, report private wealth lawyers at UK law firm Royds Withy King

Readers now have just four weeks left to make a nomination for the 2021 eprivateclient 50 Most Influential - the definitive list of the most influential professionals in the private client field

The long-term investment case for owning integrated oil companies – those that operate across the entire petroleum value chain from rig to pump – is fraught with challenges. With China now pledging to be carbon neutral by 2060 and another 66 countries around the world targeting carbon neutrality by 2050 (67 if Biden wins), demand for fossil fuels must surely fall?

As the management of, and recovery from, the Covid-19 pandemic continues around the world at varying paces there remains significant uncertainty over what the future might hold. 

The availability of more online information about solicitors and law firms is already making a difference as people start use it to help with decisions about accessing legal services, a review of Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) transparency reform as found