“FCA hints at restrictions on high risk assets”

Sep 10, 2019 | Financial Services

An independent (financial adviser’s) view

Unregulated investments, which turn out to be not worth the paper they’re not usually written on, are the cause of most scandals and claims to our compensation scheme So why not ban them? Or at least, outlaw their inclusion in SIPPs (self-invested pensions, to which many are persuaded to transfer their pensions), whence most of the money disappearing into get-rich-quick Guatemalan holiday home developments and the like comes. But, like most things, it’s apparently not that simple…

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“Rachel Reeves may be forced to raise taxes”

“Rachel Reeves may be forced to raise taxes”

Why did she/they (in the old sense) think that tinkering around with IHT and CGT would be enough to sort out the NHS; and the potholes; and…and the list goes on. My guess is  that they asked the Treasury for a list of anything not involving income tax that they could get away with lightly, although they should already have learned from the winter fuel stuff that all publicity is not good publicity.