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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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Virgin Money completes sale to CYBG
CYBG has completed its takeover of Virgin Money bank in a deal worth £1.7bn today. The parent company of Yorkshire Bank and Clydesdale Bank says the deal will lead to the UK’s “first true national banking competitor to the status quo.” The combined company has over six million customers with around £70bn of customer loans, […]
Protection Watch: Mental health moves and future-fit income plans
Protection Review chief executive Kevin Carr looks at recent market events Moving forward on mental health Some say perception is reality and, in a world driven by social media and sensitivity, the way people see things is their truth, regardless of whether their conclusions are accurate or feasible. This is not a bad way to […]
FCA sounds climate change warning on pensions
The FCA is proposing new measures to force financial services firms to disclosure how they disclose climate change risk as it zones on in the investments pension funds make. The regulator has released a discussion paper today looking atthe effects that climate change and switching to a low carbon economy will have on the UK’s […]
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