Spain

Almost a quarter of all foreign exchange transactions in 2011 (24.99%) were sent to Spain. However, while France took the third spot with 14.83% of all transactions followed by the US in fourth place at 9.01%, one of the most surprising results was the...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is disbanding an overseas team of pensions officers in Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Yemen.

High cost of living in the Antipodes hits popularity as expat destination, according to a survey by TSB International.

A temporary rise in Spanish income tax means non-compliant bonds, which are subject to withhold tax every year, will be affected by the increase over the next two years.

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A trial date for the recovery of assets of Joe Ezaz, the former senior partner of a law firm who is accused of misappopriating €9.8m of investors' cash in the Stirling Mortimer Global Property fund, has been set.

Pioneer Investments has appointment Begoña Gomez as Sales Manager for Spain and Portugal

Markets are bracing themselves for some turbulent times ahead as they wait to see how effective Spain's newly-elected Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will be in staving off a bail-out.

The euro weakened this morning as the cost of insuring French bonds climbed to a record, Spanish yields rose and european equities retreated for a second day.

Pioneer Investments plans to grow its business in Spain and Portugal with the appointment of Teresa Molins as Senior Sales Manager.