Money Marketing
3 October 2007

£30M a year lifeboat fund to bail out pensions

4 Oct 2007

A gender for change

4 Oct 2007

What financial planning issues need to be considered by any individual acquiring a new gender?

ABI publishes new PMI guidelines

4 Oct 2007

ABI warns state should not subsidise personal accounts

4 Oct 2007

'Advisers in Catch-22 position'

4 Oct 2007

Aifa appoints new public relations and marketing director

8 Oct 2007

All shook up

5 Oct 2007

Change really is afoot at the moment. With the undertones (not the band, sadly) of the RDR dictating advisers every move at the moment, maybe it has prompted changes across the board. Or maybe it’s just that time of year when people look for new opportunities.

Andy Peters

4 Oct 2007

Bright Grey's director of distribution helped to set up the firm from scratch and has succeeded in taking business from other protection product providers but is now looking to build up sales in the mortgage sector with a training programme for brokers and is also planning a foray into the business protection market. Interview by Gregor Watt

Arc Capital & Income - Bull & Bear Tracker Plan 3

3 Oct 2007

Arc Capital & IncomeBull & Bear Tracker Plan 3

Axa poised for platform

4 Oct 2007

Bank of England maintains bank rate at 5.75%

4 Oct 2007

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee voted today to maintain the official bank rate at 5.75 per cent.

Banks are being under-regulated

4 Oct 2007

Blue chips set to take lead in US

4 Oct 2007

Bright on Rock

4 Oct 2007

The silver lining in the bank funding crisis is the lessons it has taught us about risk

Broker Blackandwhite.co.uk looking to make 50 staff redundancies

9 Oct 2007

C&G to withdraw current 100 per cent mortgage range today

8 Oct 2007

Certificate aims at PPI standards

4 Oct 2007

CII calls for a common approach to qualifications

8 Oct 2007

The CII has called on the industry to streamline the structure of financial services qualifications.

'Clumsy and ineffective' home packs would be axed

4 Oct 2007

Confidence rocked

4 Oct 2007

It is all too easy to lay the blame for the problems experienced by Northern Rock on a wide range of factors but we do need to analyse the situation carefully and reach conclusions to help prevent the same circumstances occurring in future, especially the scenes of thousands of frightened investors queuing outside bank branches.

Counting the cars

4 Oct 2007

Darling warns credit squeeze will hit the UK economy

5 Oct 2007

The Chancellor has warned the current credit crunch is likely to have an effect on the UK economy and is set to down-grade his growth forecasts for 2008.

Death on denial

4 Oct 2007

The recent announcement from Legal & General that it was looking to enlist the help of The Samaritans in training its tele staff certainly caught my eye . It struck me that perhaps once they are through with L&G they could lend a hand in the mortgage industry too, where shortly we will see a suicide watch list emerge.

Delegate places for Fof forum filling up fast

4 Oct 2007

Edinburgh Portfolio transferred to Jessop FM

4 Oct 2007

ex-Paymentshield directors launch MPPI through new venture 3xd

8 Oct 2007

F&C says market anxiety is easing

5 Oct 2007

This week's billion dollar losses announced by Deutsche Bank and profit warnings from UBS and Citigroup have shed more light on the extent of the crisis emanating from the US sub-prime market, according to F&C.

Filling the void

3 Oct 2007

As autumn descends on the UK once more it appears that any possible lull in the office is well and truly over, as silence from what has been a MoneyMarketing skeleton crew in the past couple of weeks has been replaced by the hustle and bustle as all of our reporters catch up on their respective patches.

FSA admits it needs to learn Northern Rock lessons

9 Oct 2007

FSA bans firms after PPI probe uncovers failings

4 Oct 2007

FSA with-profits warning to CEOs

4 Oct 2007

GMAC-RFC to close High Street Home Loans, cutting over 200 jobs

9 Oct 2007

GMAC-RFC has announced - during today's pre-budget report - that it will be closing its sub-prime subsidiary High Street Home Loans and cutting around 266 jobs.

Gross lending in August sees little change from July says CML

9 Oct 2007

Hay wraps hits £12bn

4 Oct 2007

Hunt aims to boost Lehman mortgage packager profiles

4 Oct 2007

IFAs are not the ones creating distrust

4 Oct 2007

IFP conference - FSA reinforces message that RDR proposals are industry-led initiatives

3 Oct 2007

IFP conference - UK individuals should not rely on Governent for financial support says Australian financial firm

3 Oct 2007

IHT changes on the way?

8 Oct 2007

With election fever now yesterday’s lunch all eyes are on Alistair Darling’s first pre-Budget report and Comprehensive Spending Review with plenty expected for the industry to digest.

In step with investment

4 Oct 2007

The Money Marketing Live conference and exhibition at Manchester's G-Mex on October 30 will once again feature the Investment Arena, where industry experts will talk about the challenges facing advisers. You can also win a Mazda MX-5 roadster sponsored by Edeus

Infinity is back after securing new funding

4 Oct 2007

Isle of Man ranked ahead of main offshore competitors

9 Oct 2007

The Isle of Man has been ranked ahead of offshore competitors Channel Islands, Cayman Islands and Bermuda in The City of London’s Global Financial Centres Index.

Knight and Finegold - the mortgage market’s dream team

5 Oct 2007

What with the gloomy market conditions and several mortgage commentators solemnly forecasting the demise of a number of lenders in the coming months, it is nice to have some positive news.

L&G scraps duty to disclose rule on forms

4 Oct 2007

LibDems call for 10 year limit on non-dom status

3 Oct 2007

Loss of confidence

4 Oct 2007

The FSA's handling of the Northern Rock affair has revealed its weaknesses

LyxorAsset Management - Lyxor ETF India - S&P CNX NIFTY

5 Oct 2007

LyxorAsset ManagementLyxor ETF India - S&P CNX NIFTY

MD Pain is leaving C&G

4 Oct 2007

Meteor adds another Prima plan to range

4 Oct 2007

Meteor Asset Management has brought out a fourth issue of its prima growth plan, a capital-protected bond that has an early maturity feature.

Mortgage Trust valuation rethink

4 Oct 2007

MPs demand answers from FSA over anti-BofE media briefing

9 Oct 2007

The FSA has come under heavy fire from the Treasury select committee for failing to answer questions about the Northern Rock debacle and accusations the regulator briefed the media against the Bank of England.

New model barmy army

4 Oct 2007

Thinc wealth management director Tim Parsons considers that many advisers are being taken in by the lure of a so-called shift in the way of doing business and he sets out the elements of structure that are needed to be successful in the future

Newman says networks still make sense as new venture launches

4 Oct 2007

Northern Rock to cut the number of its mortgage products by over two thirds

3 Oct 2007

NU pays 86% of critical claims

4 Oct 2007

Nucleus adds P-Solve funds of hedge funds

4 Oct 2007

Over half of IFAs do not understand personal accounts

5 Oct 2007

PBR: "CGT is a tax increase by another name"

9 Oct 2007

PBR: Abolishing capital gains tax taper relief could damage advisers

9 Oct 2007

Alistair Darling's announcement that he will withdraw capital gains tax taper relief could cause serious damage to small companies like IFAs, warns tax consultant Chiltern.

PBR: Boulger criticises Darling on longer-term fixed rate mortgage re-announcement

9 Oct 2007

PBR: Darling calls for 7 and 10-year tax charges for non-doms

9 Oct 2007

Alistair Darling has announced that he will consult on levying tax charges on non-domiciled UK residents who have lived in the UK for seven years.

PBR: Derivatives to be treated as investing

9 Oct 2007

HM Revenue and Customs has announced as part of the pre-Budget report that the use of derivatives can be treated as investing rather than trading.

PBR: Grants to local authorities to increase by 26bn to keep council tax rises below 5 per cent

9 Oct 2007

PBR: Mortgage industry disappointed with Govt failure to make changes to stamp duty

9 Oct 2007

PBR: State second pension flat rate brought forward to 2009

9 Oct 2007

'Perfect storm' is forecast for commercial property

4 Oct 2007

Platform appoints new head of credit risk

9 Oct 2007

Pre-Budget report and CSR to be presented next Tuesday

5 Oct 2007

The Chancellor Alistair Darling will present the pre-Budget report and the outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review to the House of Commons next Tuesday at 3:45pm.

Property pension for three million

4 Oct 2007

Put your questions to our expert panel

4 Oct 2007

Record New Star profits

4 Oct 2007

Ride out a recession

4 Oct 2007

Investors concerned about a US recession could move to a defensive position but a better bet in the long term would be a balanced portfolio which can ride out market conditions, says Will Henley

Royal London European Growth Trust goes overweight on banks

3 Oct 2007

'Same old story with new wealth label'

4 Oct 2007

Seabrook to run F&C dark green fund against index

4 Oct 2007

Self-investment withdrawn for Tomorrow's closed pension book

4 Oct 2007

Sipp suitability

4 Oct 2007

FSA head of investments, small firms division, Jonathan Fischel says advisers must and assess individual needs carefully when recommending a Sipp

SLI widens ethical marketplace

3 Oct 2007

Standard Life InvestmentsEuropean Ethical Equity Fund

Sore points

4 Oct 2007

Generally speaking, I have always tried to steer clear of writing about payment protection insurance in this column. PPI is not a product that, traditionally, has generated much interest from IFAs, so, a bit like current accounts, there does not seem to be much point in harping on about the subject more than once or twice a year.

SPML raises rates and slashes LTVs

4 Oct 2007

Structured products on the rise, says Keydata

5 Oct 2007

'Sub-prime rates were cut too far'

4 Oct 2007

Swip swoop for duo

4 Oct 2007

Take a bearing on with-profits bonds

4 Oct 2007

FundsNetwork head of sales and marketing Rob Fisher charts a course to help advisers review with-profits bond investments

The fault lines that led

4 Oct 2007

John Bruce, a senior solicitor at City law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, looks at the chain of events that led from the US sub-prime crisis to lines of anxious savers queuing outside Northern Rock branches this month

The next generation of cautious managed funds

4 Oct 2007

The truth will out

4 Oct 2007

Lord Lipsey's admission that many pension and endowment policyholders may have been wrongly compensated will come as little surprise to advisers, who have paid the price of 'false memory syndrome'. By John Lappin

Timberlake leaves in Standard shake-up

4 Oct 2007

Tories pledge to triple IHT threshold

4 Oct 2007

Transfer window

4 Oct 2007

I have been discussing, over my last couple of articles, the possible reasons for clients to transfer from one money-purchase pension contract to another.

Treasury Select Committee urges launch of national savings gateway

9 Oct 2007

A Treasury Select Committee Report has urged the Government to launch a national saving gateway to encourage low-income individuals to save by matching their contributions.

Turning up the volume

4 Oct 2007

In the words of Warren Buffett, it is often advantageous to 'be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful'. The last few months have been volatile for global equity markets and we have tried to play that to our advantage.

Unity Homeloans to cull jobs as it outsources administrative and client support functions

8 Oct 2007

Victoria Mortgages to complete buyer talks today

5 Oct 2007

We need the truth on claims

4 Oct 2007

Lord Lipsey's remarks suggesting that some people lied to get compensation by pretending not to remember conversations in both the pension and endowment reviews have provoked outrage among advisers.

Which? wants FSA levy to fund scheme

4 Oct 2007

Witan picks Chicago boutique firm in shift to Asia and alpha

4 Oct 2007