14 NOVEMBER 1987, page 28

The Bright Side

THE investment manager telephoned: 'I'll give you the good news first. This year you won't have to worry about Capital Gains Tax.'......

Lord Of The Rails

THERE is a vacancy for a viscount at Kleinwort Benson, the merchant bank noted for its wide range of noblemen. Lord Tenby, Bill Lloyd George that was, son of Gwilym and grandson......

Distress Signals

THE crunch in the markets came at a time when the big shareholding institutions were unusually short of cash. In August and September they were putting up new money for......

City And Suburban

The market's message: Never mind the economy — we are strapped for cash CHRIS TOPHER FI LDES T o ask the Chancellor of the Exche- quer: if Britain has the strongest economy, how......