By: Annabelle Williams

I'm deputy money editor at City A.M. I started my career on a local newspaper before moving into financial journalism. I've worked in a number of senior editorial roles including news editor and features editor. I write about global economics, investment, technology, and personal finance.

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Landlords are switching to company status ahead of stamp duty hike and the upcoming cuts in buy to let tax reliefs

March 7, 2016

Landlords are increasingly setting themselves up as companies ahead of upcoming tax changes in the buy-to-let market. Tax breaks which allow landlords to claim for wear and tear on their properties and deduct mortgage interest from their overall tax bill are to be cut from 2017. It’s because the government wants landlords to be taxed on [...]
Landlords are switching to corporate tax status ahead of stamp duty hike and the upcoming cuts in buy to let tax reliefs

March 7, 2016

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It’s not alchemy: Six investments for your Nisa

March 4, 2016

The end of the tax year is approaching and many savers will be topping up their Nisas to make full use of the £15,240 tax-free allowance. It’s also the time of year when many people look at new ways of investing their savings. Here are some of the best ideas put forward by the professionals. FUNDS: [...]
Are fearful investors creating a crisis? Experts warn of “self-fulfilling prophecy” in markets as negativity towards global outlook deepens

March 1, 2016

Despite hopes, the G20 grouping of world leaders failed to come up with a deal to boost flagging global growth at its latest meeting in Hangzhou, China. There had been calls for a joint effort to tackle the slowdown – and although a deal was unlikely, analysts had warned the market would respond badly to “policy [...]
Venezuela: Oil rich nation is sinking deeper into crisis – and could be heading for a default on its debt

February 26, 2016

Once the leading light of Latin America, low oil prices and state overspending have left the economy shattered. Now it’s heading for default on its debts. “I don’t think the market’s in any doubt that it will default, they just don’t know when,” says Paul Wetterwald, chief economist of Indosuez Wealth Management. “It is impossible to [...]
Gold prices are heading upwards – and here’s three reasons why experts suggest they’re going to keep rising, from upcoming QE in Japan and the Eurozone to sheltering from global crisis

February 24, 2016

Gold has been the best performing asset so far this year, rising 15 per cent during a tumultuous period for global markets. The precious metal is now priced at $1,226 an ounce, $151 higher than at at the start of January. It’s an impressive rise, and a decent bounce from last summer when gold hit a [...]
Why investors are fretting about the bond market: High yield spreads are pricing in 2008 levels of defaults – while some experts say a liquidity squeeze is beginning

February 23, 2016

Does the jump in high yield spreads say anything about the global economy? Markets have focused on oil prices as a barometer of health in the global economy and stock markets, but historically high yield spreads over the risk-free rate have been a much better indicator. Spreads have widened considerably lately, and now “the market as [...]
Negative interest rates: A “dangerous experiment” with “insidious” effects, economists say – but they’re creeping in to economies around the world. Cash could be abolished while asset bubbles grow

February 22, 2016

Negative interest rates creeping into economies around the world have “insidious” effects which is the world is yet to see – and are part of a "dangerous experiment", experts are warning. The impact includes currency weakness, raising bank costs and could even lead to the abolition of cash. The hubbub over interest rate rises in the [...]
Five growth stocks to super-charge your Isa

February 19, 2016

Savers will have more generous tax-free allowances from April. Basic rate taxpayers will be able to receive £1,000 interest on savings, gilts and corporate bonds without paying any tax (for higher rate payers, it will be £500), and everyone will be able to receive £5,000 in dividends before paying tax. New Isas (Nisas) have traditionally [...]
Keep the fires burning: Beat inheritance tax using investments in AIM shares and the government’s business property relief rules

February 19, 2016

Complex rules govern what, when and how much people can pass on to their children. The basic rule is that an individual can pass on £325,000 in assets, tax free. The taxman takes a 40 per cent cut of assets above that level, although there are some exemptions and the levels are changing. There is [...]

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