Friday, January 4, 2002.
Friday, 4 January 2002. Fixed term: Two years. Fixed rate: 5.15 per cent. Minimum loan: £25,001. Maximum loan: Up to 85 per cent of valuation subject to a maximum of £500,000. Income multiples: 3.5 times principal income plus second or 2.75 times joint. Arrangement fee: £299. Redemption fee: 5 per cent of amount repaid for […]
Thursday, 3 January 2002. Type: Flexible tracker mortgage. Tracker term: Term of loan. Tracker rate: Bank of England base rate plus 0.5 per cent. Minimum loan: £1,000. Maximum loan: Up to 95 per cent of valuation subject to a maximum of £2m. Income multiples: 3.25 times principal income plus second or 2.6 times joint. Features: […]
Wednesday, 2 January 2002. Type: Capital guaranteed bond. Aim: Growth by tracking the FTSE 100 index. Minimum investment: Lump sum £5,000. Place of registration: Isle of Man. Investment split: 100 per cent FTSE 100 index. Guarantee: Capital returned in full at end of two year term regardless of movement in index. Isa link: No. Charges: […]
MFS International UK, a subsidiary of Boston-based fund management firm MFS Investment Management, has made its debut in the UK retail market.The MFS UK equity fund is one of three Oeics that have been introduced because the company is expanding across Europe. It will consist of a portfolio of between 20 and 35 UK stocks, […]
Watch Rob Burnett, manager of the Neptune European Opportunities Fund, discuss the Greek bailout deal and its potential implications for European equities. In the video Rob discusses: Why, with the Greek crisis receding, markets can now focus on Europe’s strong fundamentals The resilience of European markets and why the recovery is on a solid footing […]
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Intrinsic must compensate a client for the pension transfer advice it gave them. According to a Financial Ombudsman Service decision, in 2015 Mrs C was told to transfer her two existing personal pensions valued around £80,000 to a new Sipp provider. This money was placed in a scheme where Mrs C could adopt a dynamic […]
“There is nothing permanent except change”, so said the “weeping philosopher” Heraclitus circa 500 BC. Few would argue change was not needed in the retirement income market; it is just no one expected it to be so inorganic and non-negotiable. The impact of the pension freedoms Budget bombshell in 2014 was immediate and significant. Revisiting […]
True Potential has grown assets in its discretionary portfolios by £2.1bn in 2017. In its annual results, published today, the platform says it has attracted £3.8bn assets in its in-house funds in 2017, up from £1.7bn in the previous year. Assets into the funds were at £0.7bn in 2015. Since launch in October 2015, True […]