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Giuseppe Baldelli appointed Co-Head Global Corporate & Investment Banking, Country Head Italy, and Chairman of Global Coverage

Giuseppe Baldelli appointed Co-Head Global Corporate & Investment Banking, Country Head Italy, and Chairman of Global Coverage

Mediobanca strengthens its Global Corporate and Investment Banking  activities   Milan, 5 May 2022:In line with the 2019-23 Strategic ..

Fraudsters target cost of living crisis

Fraudsters target cost of living crisis

Cifas has warned that fraudsters will cash in on our demand for debt as prices rise. There were 360,000 fraud cases recorded on the N..

Over half of Brits wouldn’t feel guilty about investing in companies owned or based in Russia

Over half of Brits wouldn’t feel guilty about investing in companies owned or based in Russia

Over a fifth of the population wouldn’t feel guilty about investing in anything Only 2 in 5 who feel bad about certain investments wou..

Time to simplify system as pensioners reclaim £22m in overpaid tax from HMRC

Time to simplify system as pensioners reclaim £22m in overpaid tax from HMRC

  Between 1 Jan and 31 March 2022 HMRC paid out £22,317,529 to people who overpaid tax when they accessed their pensions flexibl..

HMRC sets pandemic problems aside as tax take soars

HMRC sets pandemic problems aside as tax take soars

  HMRC collected £718.2 billion in taxes in the 2021/22 tax year, an increase of 22.9% from the year before according to provisi..

Property market remains buoyant in face of rising prices

Property market remains buoyant in face of rising prices

  The provisional non-seasonally adjusted estimate of UK residential transactions in March 2022 is 110,990, 36.2% lower than Mar..

Credit card balances creep up as cost of living starts to bite

Credit card balances creep up as cost of living starts to bite

  After several months of falls, outstanding balances on credit cards have started to creep up again with balances up 3.8% year ..

Workplace pension participation soars under auto-enrolment but further reform needed

Workplace pension participation soars under auto-enrolment but further reform needed

      The workplace pension participation rate in the UK was at 79% (22.6 million employees) in April 2021. Workplace pension par..

QUARTER OF SAVERS BELIEVE THEIR CURRENT LEVEL OF PENSION SAVING WON’T BE ENOUGH TO LIVE OFF IN RETIREMENT

QUARTER OF SAVERS BELIEVE THEIR CURRENT LEVEL OF PENSION SAVING WON’T BE ENOUGH TO LIVE OFF IN RETIREMENT

  Just over a quarter of savers surveyed (26%), who have a workplace pension, think that their current amount of pension saving w..

Crypto-assets: An Emerging Asset Forming Part of Financial Settlements.

Crypto-assets: An Emerging Asset Forming Part of Financial Settlements.

Ownership of crypto assets, in particular cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, has rocketed in the past few years. It is therefore unsurp..