Treasury

The Isle of Man Treasury has appointed a new financial controller, with effect from next Monday

The Treasury has flatly denied it is considering making mortgage payment protection insurance (MPPI) compulsory for all homebuyers in the UK.

The Government has published the secondary legislation to bring home reversions and Ijara home purchase plans under Financial Services Authority regulation.

The launch last week of what has been quickly touted as the never-ending or inter-generational mortgage by Kent Reliance Building Society was always likely to provoke debate.

As the last days of August approach and we near the end of summer, it seems pensions finally appear to have taken a long awaited break.

Tax rises or government spending cuts looked a growing possibility yesterday after official figures estimated that so-called "carousel" fraud activity had jumped another 50% in the second quarter of the year, reports the Guardian.

While the government does its best to decide whether it is ‘naïve or misleading', as suggested in the Public Administration Select Committee's report, the question outstanding is how will this affect personal accounts?

TENS OF THOUSANDS of company directors will be able to pass assets to beneficiaries without paying inheritance tax, according to The Daily Telegraph .

Winterthur Life is calling on the government to drop its opposition to Alternatively Secured Pensions, which it calls a ‘ludicrous state of affairs'.

SHARES IN companies preparing to be involved in Home Information Packs took a nasty knock after a government U-turn on what the packs will contain.