The eurozone crisis has prompted a radical shake-up in the global bond market. Traditionally, bond portfolios have been constructed on the assumption developed market sovereign bonds (government borrowing) are lowest-risk, with ri...
READ ARTICLEJust over three years ago the credit crunch came to a head with the demise of Lehman Brothers. Global markets tumbled and Chilvester was not immune from the shake out but markets recovered over the subsequent couple of years as d...
READ ARTICLEEach individual banking license is separately protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS)’s Depositor Protection Scheme, but the separate trading styles within that license are not separately protected. The...
READ ARTICLEI would like to take this opportunity to welcome Sam to the team here at Chilvester. Sam has been employed as a Paraplanner to provide us with a research function and supply technical support both to staff here and also to you, ou...
READ ARTICLEHer Majesty’s Revenue and Customs do not like tax avoidance and whilst we all try to do what we can to reduce our liabilities to tax through fair means, we must always be aware that not everything that is promoted as tax efficie...
READ ARTICLEI understand that a number of our clients make donations to charities or Community Amateur Sports Clubs through the use of Gift Aid. The advantage of gift aiding contributions is that the charity can reclaim the 20% basic rate ta...
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