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Fresh HMRC statistics show pensioners paid £29.8 billion in income tax in 2024/25, up from £21.1 billion in 2022/23 – a rise of more than 40% in just two years. At the same time, the cost of pension tax relief has also surged, climbing from £47.8 billion to £60.4 billion over the same period –
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Morgan Stanley is betting a wave of upcoming IPOs will deliver windfalls worth tens of billions of dollars in client assets for its wealth management division, repeating the bonanza from SpaceX’s listing. In the second
Bloom Energy (BE -0.63%) has been on a rollercoaster ride over the past year. The stock is up nearly 450% over the span, but it is also in the middle of a deep 45% drawdown. This is actually the second drawdown of that magnitude over the last 52 weeks. Even with Bloom Energy’s artificial intelligence
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Striking a balance between affordability and coverage is essential when shopping for life insurance. There are several types of life insurance, but term is typically the cheapest option. For example, a healthy 40-year-old male buying a 20-year, $500,000 term life policy will pay an average of $37 a month, while a 40-year-old female with the
Private equity and venture capital investments came down 36% YoY in first half of the CY2026 at $ 20.5 billion as compared to $ 31.8 billion H125, EY-IVCA said in a report. The investments were 29% lower than in H22025 at $29 billion. The number of deals in H12026 was 18% lower YoY at 604
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Dubai has firmly established itself as one of the world’s leading destinations for family offices, wealth migration, and private capital, and is expected to remain a magnet for millionaires, ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs), and family offices despite ongoing geopolitical uncertainties. Industry experts attribute the emirate’s continued appeal to its stable policy framework, robust regulatory environment, world-class
Posts shared thousands of times on social media claim to show a comparison of “annual energy bills around the world”, where the figure for Poland is supposedly as low as £150 compared to £2,325 in the UK. While it’s not clear where these specific figures come from, it appears likely that they conflate wholesale prices