Money Marketing
29 August 2007
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Lutine now accepts applications online
30 Aug 2007
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41 per cent of borrowers feel 'extremely worried' about rate rises says IF
29 Aug 2007
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7Ci launches "high yield, no risk" investment vehicles
29 Aug 2007
Seven Continent Investment has launched three property investment vehicles that it claims are high yield with no risk.
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A law unto itself
30 Aug 2007
I would like to pose a question or two for the regulator and for the regulated. How far should a regulator be able to change things simply to make its life easier?
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A Shaw thing
30 Aug 2007
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A small question
30 Aug 2007
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A switch in time
30 Aug 2007
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Aberdeen buys Glasgow Investment Managers
30 Aug 2007
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ABI proposes abolishing exemption allowing insurers to differentiate based on sexual orientation
30 Aug 2007
The Association of British Insurers has proposed abolishing the existing exemption which allows insurers to differentiate based on sexual orientation.
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ABI publishes new guidelines for online and telephone protection sales
29 Aug 2007
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Advisers rate fund prices top online tool
30 Aug 2007
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Africa is lion king for investment prospects
30 Aug 2007
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Aifa highlights gap between chartered and certified status
30 Aug 2007
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Aifa questions if mandatory qualifications will pass EU test
30 Aug 2007
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AIFA says FSA is right to press on with FSCS reform
30 Aug 2007
The Association of Independent Financial Advisers has welcomed the FSA's decision to press ahead with the proposed reform of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
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Alcohol-induced obesity inflates protection rates
30 Aug 2007
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Alliance & Leicester 'open' over US sub-prime exposure
4 Sep 2007
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Altmann says trustees need to diversify from equities
30 Aug 2007
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And then there were four
3 Sep 2007
Ernst & Young's insurance sector leader Shaun Crawford looks at how the RDR could fragment the IFA business.
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Arc Fund Management holdings buys Throgmorton
4 Sep 2007
Arc Fund Management has purchased independent financial advisory firm Throgmorton Asset Management in a potential £1.605m deal.
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ASA challenges Churchill over renewal claim
30 Aug 2007
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Asset managers to host UK-wide seminar
31 Aug 2007
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Atkins to leave Premier Mortgage
30 Aug 2007
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August sees house prices at standstill
30 Aug 2007
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B&CE appoints head of sales and marketing
29 Aug 2007
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Barbarians retreat
30 Aug 2007
As the unfortunate populations of Jamaica and Belize will attest, weather storms cause far more immediate physical damage than financial ones. However, as we will identify over the next few weeks, financial storms do also cause considerable losses but their effect and impact may not be so obvious. Rumour, hearsay and tittle-tattle is flying around about which banks and hedge funds have been hit hardest.
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Barclays receives second emergency loan from Bank of England
31 Aug 2007
Barclays has had to get an emergency loan from the Bank of England for the second time this month. The bank confirmed that it had borrowed £1.6bn from the BoE this week due to a ‘technical breakdown’ in its UK clearing system.
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Barclays revamping its protected investments
30 Aug 2007
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BDMs could be unsettled in securitisation crisis
30 Aug 2007
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'Be transparent on sub-prime exposure'
30 Aug 2007
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Bolton rides out the storm
30 Aug 2007
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Boost for holiday homeowners as France triples IHT threshold
30 Aug 2007
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Borrowers back banks over IFAs
30 Aug 2007
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Broker talkback
30 Aug 2007
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Buckles may track Snowdonia
30 Aug 2007
Buckles is considering launching a range of structured products to track the same benchmarks as its multi-manager Snowdonia Oeic range.
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'Carer was told to misstate pay'
30 Aug 2007
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Cheltenham & Gloucester ups sub-prime rates by 1 per cent
30 Aug 2007
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Close adds to property team
30 Aug 2007
Close Investments has bolstered its property team with Maria Grubmeuller joining as head of research.
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Cofunds not trying to put new guise on commission
30 Aug 2007
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Colin Snowdon
30 Aug 2007
On the crest of a Wave, having successfully steered his third lender start-up out of the docks, this captain of the mortgage industry is confident that he can chart the choppy waters ahead and ride out a possible credit storm. By Will Henley
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Commerce Centre signs up two more partners
30 Aug 2007
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Complex policies blamed for slump in IP sales
30 Aug 2007
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'Consumerism will boost EMEA region'
30 Aug 2007
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Critical danger in non-disclosure cash cases
30 Aug 2007
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Deals point new way for pension buyouts
30 Aug 2007
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Death of former Standard Life chief Scott Bell
30 Aug 2007
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Defaqto expands Aequos as whole service goes online
30 Aug 2007
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Ecology Building Society to pay introducer fees
3 Sep 2007
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EConveyancer adds West Brom Building Society to online system
4 Sep 2007
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Education role for Police Mutual
30 Aug 2007
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Emerging winners
30 Aug 2007
Funds such as Jupiter emerging Europe have held up well amid the chaos
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Ethical funds outperform non ethical counterparts
30 Aug 2007
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ExCo replaces cash deposits with exchange bonds
4 Sep 2007
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F&C launches a diversified growth fund
30 Aug 2007
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Fair comment
30 Aug 2007
96% of IFAs say the Government should abide by TCF on personal accounts
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Fed needs to act quickly to avoid recession, says Global Strategy
30 Aug 2007
The longer the Federal Reserve waits to act decisively on interest rate levels, the greater the risk that the economy will enter a policy-induced recession, warns Global Strategy.
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Fed unlikely to cut interest rate, according to Blue Planet
3 Sep 2007
Blue Planet Investment Management is warning that the Federal Reserve is unlikely to cut interest rates in September, leading to a sharp fall in the markets this month.
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First Actuarial wants transfer value rethink
30 Aug 2007
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First State ups fees on two of its funds
30 Aug 2007
First State has been criticised over plans to raise charges on two high profile funs.
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Ford quits Royal Liver for Zurich
30 Aug 2007
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Former Northern Rock FD joins JO Hambro
31 Aug 2007
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FSA bans Liverpool IFA
30 Aug 2007
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FSA fines Select Mortgage Services
3 Sep 2007
The FSA has fined Select Mortgage Services £10,500 for poor financial promotions, inadequate sales processes and inappropriate systems and controls to manage its business.
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FSA introduces industry guidance
4 Sep 2007
The FSA’s new framework for recognising industry guidance came into effect today in a further step towards principles-based regulation.
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FSA sticks the boot in
30 Aug 2007
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Get into third gear
30 Aug 2007
Douglas Grant, head of business, actuarial, at Aegon Scottish Equitable, details the attractions of a third way for funding retirement income
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Give and take
30 Aug 2007
One of the changes under the new Chancellor has been to announce the bringing forward of the pre-Budget report to October. In the last few years, it has been in early December.
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GMAC-RFC confirms it is not changing sub-prime lending criteria
30 Aug 2007
GMAC-RFC says it will not be reducing its maximum LTV to 75 per cent for packagers and will not be putting up its rates imminently.
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GMAC-RFC loses Barry Searle as it makes new senior appointments
4 Sep 2007
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GMAC-RFC sells £1.1bn portfolio to Bradford and Bingley
31 Aug 2007
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Half of advisers want more innovative solutions, says Lincoln Financial Group
3 Sep 2007
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Healthy lifestyle?
30 Aug 2007
Longer working lives and greater awarness of the need to use equities to boost returns on pension funds may mean that time is running out for lifestyling options, reports Will Henley
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Helpline widens internet links for specialist cover
30 Aug 2007
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Herbert in benefit move to Origen
30 Aug 2007
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HL reveals revenue hike
3 Sep 2007
Hargreaves Lansdown has announced a 34 per cent revenue increase over the past 12 months as the group revealed its first annual results as a listed company.
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Identity parade
30 Aug 2007
Identity theft is one of the fastest-growing forms of crime. Most IFAs probably think of it as a risk that big financial institutions rather than advice firms need to address but advisers have a wealth of personal and financial information about clients.
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IMLA members predict easing of high risk business volumes
29 Aug 2007
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Increase in female resignations in pensions sector
4 Sep 2007
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'Inform savers when high headline rates end'
30 Aug 2007
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Initial charge discount from Credit Suisse
4 Sep 2007
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Insight receives ‘A’ rating for European small-cap portfolio
31 Aug 2007
The Insight Investment European small cap fund has received an ‘A’ rating by Standard & Poor’s Fund Services.
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Investec to continue providing funding to Unity Homeloans
4 Sep 2007
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Is real-time pricing around the corner?
4 Sep 2007
Association of British Insurers head of protection Nick Kirwan believes it is. He says the protection industry, which has recently been repricing at a feverish rate, will skip daily pricing moving straight to real-time, interactive pricing.
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Isa business hit by market gyrations
30 Aug 2007
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James Hay warns of inappropriate Sipp investments
4 Sep 2007
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Jim Reeve appointed as new Positive Solutions chief executive
4 Sep 2007
Positive Solutions has confirmed that former Barclays Financial Planning managing director Jim Reeve has been appointed the company’s new chief executive.
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July's house price growth lowest since June 2006
29 Aug 2007
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Kensington and Chelsea through 100k level
30 Aug 2007
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Kensington to re-price and tighten criteria on adverse range next week
31 Aug 2007
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Keydata boosts structured plan terms
30 Aug 2007
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Kirwan backs real-time move
30 Aug 2007
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L&G and Hargreaves Lansdown team up for postcode pilot
31 Aug 2007
Pensioners' income in retirement could be calculated according to where they live if a pilot study launched by Legal & General and Hargreaves Lansdown proves successful.
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L'Anson heads for Beacon
30 Aug 2007
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Lightening the load
30 Aug 2007
Raising the threshold on chargeable lifetime transfers significantly reduces advisers' IHT compliance burden
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Market volatility no threat to short term house prices, says Nationwide
30 Aug 2007
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Market weakness hits securitisation deals
30 Aug 2007
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McGrath waits on global mega-cap move
30 Aug 2007
Miton Optimal's plans to gain exposure to a global mega-cap fund in its multi-asset portfolio have been put on ice as manager Tom McGrath is waiting to see an upward trend in the markets.
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Mispricing landed IFAs with bigger bill
30 Aug 2007
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Money Marketing editor John Lappin on the pensions campaign that wasn’t.
4 Sep 2007
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Mortgages PLC announces further lending criteria changes
31 Aug 2007
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Murphy takes reins as Lis quits retail sector
30 Aug 2007
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Naked again at conference
30 Aug 2007
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New Star fund tops 300m in a quarter
30 Aug 2007
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No guarantees of US interest rate cuts, says JPMorgan
4 Sep 2007
The US Federal Reserve’s actions to inject liquidity and cut the discount rate were intended to alleviate the money market, but it does not necessarily mean that the Fed will cut interest rates, according to JPMorgan Asset Management.
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One month is target to get new lines to marketplace
30 Aug 2007
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One-fifth of adults face future with no long-term savings
29 Aug 2007
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Open up on market
30 Aug 2007
The fallout from the US sub-prime market is still causing jitters across stockmarkets but mortgage IFAs and brokers want to know what it means for them and their clients.
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Out of context
30 Aug 2007
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Over the hedge
30 Aug 2007
The apparent catalyst for the current turmoil in the capital markets was the announcement on July 8 by BNP Paribas that it was suspending redemptions on three hedge funds with a combined value of about £1.1bn because it could not properly value their holdings of mortgage-backed securities.
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Pension deficits improve despite market falls
3 Sep 2007
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Pension peril
30 Aug 2007
Nicola York reports on fears about the RDR's effect on pensions
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Platform hikes sub-prime rates by 1 per cent and tightens criteria
30 Aug 2007
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Platforms unite to allow bulk reregistration of assets
3 Sep 2007
Leading platform providers will allow advisers to bulk reregister in specie transfers between platforms from as early as 2008.
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Police swoop in mortgage fraud
30 Aug 2007
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Premier MBO goes ahead
30 Aug 2007
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President Bush offers measures to help US sub-prime homeowners
3 Sep 2007
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Price divas in with business website for women
30 Aug 2007
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Private Health Partnership acquires Home Countries Healthcare
4 Sep 2007
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Protection plateau
30 Aug 2007
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PruHealth ties-up with Sainsbury's to give Vitality points to healthy eaters
3 Sep 2007
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PSigma looks to Abate to widen boutique expertise
30 Aug 2007
PSigma is to launch a US large-cap growth fund after announcing the appointment of former Credit Suisse stalwart James Abate.
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Pursuit of happiness
30 Aug 2007
India's economy is growing but it must follow a genuinely sustainable path that other countries can follow
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Quality street
30 Aug 2007
Last week, I returned to the airwaves for the first time in some months. The subject matter seemed particularly apposite, given the state of markets. How should investors go about buying shares was the question posed to me. Inevitably, it led into whether private individuals ought to buy shares direct and what was my opinion of the wild gyrations in the market at present.
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RBSIP appoints new head of sales for The One Account
31 Aug 2007
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'RDR could wipe out workplace pensions'
30 Aug 2007
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RDR feedback statement to be published middle of next year
4 Sep 2007
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Reid to be PFS president
30 Aug 2007
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Remortgaging bolsters lending
30 Aug 2007
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Richard Farr appointed director of AMI
31 Aug 2007
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Royal Liver hits out at ABI online and telephone protection guidance
30 Aug 2007
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Royal Liver to launch multi-manager range
3 Sep 2007
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Sectors' house needs clean-up
30 Aug 2007
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Sesame wants FSA to help small firms with compliance
30 Aug 2007
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Sidestepping the point
30 Aug 2007
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Sir Anthony Holland reappointed as complaints commissioner
3 Sep 2007
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Skandia sticks by emerging launch
30 Aug 2007
Skandia Investment Management says the timing of the launch of its global emerging markets fund of funds is right despite the recent market volatility caused by the credit crunch.
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Stakeholder provider calls for wider auto-enrolment
30 Aug 2007
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Standard & Poor's president quits amid criticism over sub-prime crisis
3 Sep 2007
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Standard Life to restructure private equity business
29 Aug 2007
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Standard Life UK ups gross EEV operating profit by 70%
4 Sep 2007
Standard Life's life and pensions EEV gross operating profit in the UK increased by 70 per cent to £252m in the first half of 2007, up from £148m in the same period in 2006.
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Star treatment
30 Aug 2007
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STOXX launches Dow Jones Private Equity 20 Index
4 Sep 2007
STOXX Limited has launched the Dow Jones STOXX Private Equity 20 Index, which tracks the performance of the 20 largest private equity companies in Europe.
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Strategic withdrawal
30 Aug 2007
Is it good tactics for a client to make an early exit from a pension fund?
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Strong sales growth for Q2 business
30 Aug 2007
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Sub-prime shutters are coming down
30 Aug 2007
Tanya Powley looks at the sub-prime crisis unravelling in the US, with more firms joining the fallout and asks how UK firms will be affected
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'Suitability could be sticking point with primary advice'
30 Aug 2007
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SVM says bull market may not be over
29 Aug 2007
SVM claims that the recent market volatility may not signal the end of the bull market, saying that the crisis so far is a question of liquidity not solvency.
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Take stock
30 Aug 2007
The FTSE 100 index fell by over 200 points on July 26, its biggest fall in five years, and with the stockmarket highly volatile ever since, the cautious and the elderly should consider guaranteed equity bonds.
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Tech-based loan broker Citri offers a network alternative
30 Aug 2007
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Terms of confustion
30 Aug 2007
Aifa's RDR paper on adviser segmentation raises many important questions over the FSA's plans that the regulator needs to provide full answers to before going ahead.
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Thames reach
30 Aug 2007
Robert Burdett and Gary Potter began as co-heads of multi-manager at Thames River last week. The former Credit Suisse pair will soft-launch five funds in September before the portfolios go fully live in October. Here, joined by investment director Mike Warren, they talk to Chris Salih about why they joined Thames River and what their plans are
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The best intentions
30 Aug 2007
Tinkering with distribution will not remove the need for public education
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The fortune cookie
30 Aug 2007
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The GMAC-RFC dilemma: to tighten or not to tighten
31 Aug 2007
I am considering taking bets on how many times I will be writing my blog on the current liquidity crisis following the continued fallout from the US sub-prime crash.
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The good, the bad and the Police
3 Sep 2007
It was a mixed bag last week in the world of regulation. Aifa welcomed the FSA's decision to press ahead with the proposed reform of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
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The heir apparent
30 Aug 2007
What new inheritance tax proposals could mean for financial services
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The lives of others
30 Aug 2007
A consultation on life insurance law has revealed concerns over restrictions on taking out cover
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The trend is nigh
30 Aug 2007
As a teenager, I found myself working in an upmarket men's boutique to earn an income. Many of the lessons learned there in terms of treating customers fairly still hold good in my present role. Working in the boutique created an interest in clothes and being up to date but stopped at me becoming a slave to the latest fashion.
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The wide reach of the RDR
30 Aug 2007
The Retail Distribution Review is far reaching as we all know but I did not expect it to be so far reaching as to infringe on my journey into work the other day.
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Two new S&P indices for US and Europe
30 Aug 2007
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Two year-fixed rates drop below Bank of England base rate
4 Sep 2007
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Two-thirds of consumers have never heard of wrap
30 Aug 2007
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Upping the ante
30 Aug 2007
First State Investments has reignited the on-going debate over charges this week after the fund house announced proposals to raise the annual management charge on its £877m Asia Pacific and £183m Greater China growth portfolios from 1.5 to 1.75 per cent.
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Warning over SSAS rent tax charges
30 Aug 2007
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Webline pledges to spend £250,000 to boost service
30 Aug 2007
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Williams for HSBC professional role
30 Aug 2007
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Zurich launches new mortgage protection products which combine life cover, critical illness and income protection
3 Sep 2007
