Economics / Markets

Is ‘natural' income the answer to the sequence of return problem?

Sterling slumped against the US dollar after the Bank of England's chief economist Andy Haldane said the UK has an equal chance of seeing a rate cut as a rate hike, contrary to consensus expectations.

A former trader has become the third person to be sentenced in what marked the end of the first phase of the regulator's "largest and most complex insider dealing investigation" to date.

The FTSE 100 has hit a fresh record high after the US Federal Reserve signalled renewed caution on its path towards raising interest rates from their record lows.

'Gorgeous George' morphs into 'Steady George'

Six things advisers need to know

The government has raised the amount people can earn before they pay income tax, and increased the threshold at which people pay the higher rate of income tax.

Lower inflation, driven by a fall in oil prices, has helped the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) upgrade UK growth forecasts for 2015 and 2016 and given the government room to move on near-term borrowing.

Investment sector reveals Budget 2015 wish-list

The national minimum wage will increase by 3%, the government has announced ahead of the General Election in May.