Five things clients will call you about this week

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Here are our picks of what clients may have read in the weekend's papers…

Tax Britain's highest earners are shouldering an increasing share of the UK's income tax burden, as coalition government policies take more people out of paying the tax, according to figures released by HM Revenue & Customs. Higher and top-rate taxpayers' share of the bill will jump from 54.2% to 61.3%, according to the Sunday Times. Equities Markets may be about to undergo "a great rotation", the FT reports. Shares, which have performed poorly in recent decades, will begin to provide strong returns, the paper said, with the long bull market in government bonds set to end. Inflati...

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