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Type: For new and existing contributions to regular premium individual Personal Pension (98 series) plans.
Charges: Reduction in monthly policy fee from £2.72 a month to £2 a month.
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Foreign & Colonial sees buying opportunities
Foreign & Colonial says that the collapse in investor sentiment is creating compelling stock market opportunities.F&C UK head of equities David Manning says: "This situation presents buying opportunities in specific stocks whose current discounts are unquestionably overdone. "A situation where Colt Telecom, which is forecast next year to report sales of just £360m and operating […]
Friends Provident adds Investment Trust Portfolio to its Capital Investment Bond
Friends ProvidentCAPITAL INVESTMENT BONDType: Addition of Investment Trust Portfolio Fund to its unit-linked Capital Investment Bond. Aim: To achieve capital growth through investing in a range of investment trusts from a number of providers.Investment split: UK – 63 per cent, Europe – 25 per cent, North America – 4 per cent, Japan – 1 per […]
Norwich Union updates its bond range
Norwich UnionINVESTMENT BONDSType: Applicable to FlexiBond, Bicentenary Bond and Managed Portfolio.Allocation rates: Increased rates for FlexiBond and Managed Portfolio. FlexiBond – investments of £5,000 to £14,999 – 100 per cent, £15,000 to £24,999 – 101.5 per cent, £25,000 to £49,999 – 102.75 per cent and £50,000 plus – 103 per cent. Managed Portfolio – investments […]
Market Harborough Building Society looks Ahead to ISAs
HIGH INTEREST ACCOUNTSMarket Harborough Building SocietyISA AHEAD ACCOUNTType: High interest account for pre-individual savings account investments into either mini or maxi ISA's.Minimum-maximum investment: Mini – £3,000, maxi – £7,000.Interest rates: Mini – 7.75 per cent, maxi – 7.95 per cent.Term: Until April 5, 1998.Special offer: 0.5 per cent interest bonus until April 2000 for transfers […]
William Littlewood “betting that QE won’t work”
Journalist Alexis Xydias interviews Artemis manager William Littlewood about his views on bond, equity and currency markets and the impact of a Greek exit from the EU. With bond yields at “ludicrous” levels, William believes a tipping point for bond markets is sure to come. As a result, his Strategic Assets Fund holds government bond shorts to the tune of 100 per […]
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FSCS to pay back 2,700 clients of collapsed DFM Beaufort
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme will automatically compensate hundreds of clients of a collapsed discretionary fund manager, but other investors will have to wait another five months to get their money back. London-based Beaufort Securities has been investigated by both the FCA and US authorities. An indictment from the US Department of Justice alleges that […]
Profile: Fiducia on really knowing your clients
Fiducia managing director on ‘good old-fashioned’ customer service in the digital world Anthony Scott is adept in the art of communication. As an adviser and a novelist (he has written the novels ‘On Ashover Hill’ and ‘The Birthday Gift’) it is crucial for the Fiducia Group managing director to engage and build a rapport with […]
FCA warns over advisers giving ‘inadequate information’ to DB transfer specialists
The FCA has reiterated its warnings that advisers outsourcing defined benefit transfer advice to firms with relevant qualifications cannot divorce themselves from responsibility for the eventual recommendation. While existing FCA rules require additional qualifications to advise on DB transfers, and the FCA has written to all firms who have DB transfer permissions as part of […]
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