Octopus Investments
Octopus Protected VCT
Type: Venture capital trust
Aim: Income and growth by investing in unquoted companies
Minimum investment: Lump sum £1,000
Closing date: April 5, 2007
Charges: Initial 5.5%, annual 2%
Commission: Initial up to 2.5%, renewal 0.5%
Tel: 020 7710 2800
Skipton Building Society
Flexible 10 Year Fixed Rate Mortgage
Standard Life marketing technical manager Andrew Tully examines if there is a role for IFAs to play in the proposed pension personal accounts
House prices rose slightly in July, according to the Department for Communities and Local Government. Average house prices stood at 194,454, up from 191,016 in June. UK annual house price inflation was 6 per cent, up from 5.3 per cent the month before. Annual house price inflation in London was 7.1 per cent in July, […]
Falcon parent company Sumus has bought the network Financial Services Advice and Support Limited for a fee of up to £2m. FSAS is based in Dunfermline and has over 160 IFAs and mortgage advisers operating within 54 active appointed representative businesses. The network has 60,000 clients, with around £700m assets under advice and an estimated […]
By Chris Taylor, head of Japanese Equities, Neptune Abe, having reinforced his political position domestically, will most likely hold off any further major policy enactments until after president Trump has settled into the White House and enacted some of his own. Then a relaunch of the Three Arrows programme is likely, or Abenomics 2.0, including […]
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What has the industry learned from the 2008 crash? Probably not much at all Anyone watching or reading the news over the last couple of weeks will not have failed to spot the odd story or two about the 2008 financial crash. This being the tenth anniversary of the event, the media has been taking […]
Adviser Duncan Budd is closing his firm DB Financial to join Tilney’s London office. Budd will work alongside an investment manager in an approach that sees both parties provide a full wealth management service to clients. Tilney confirmed to Money Marketing that Budd’s firm DB Financial will cease operation. DB Financial was established in 2007. The firm […]
Average drawdown withdrawal rates have reached a level unlikely to be sustainable through retirement The FCA recently published new retirement income market data showing how consumers are using the pension freedoms. My initial reaction after reading the document was one of frustration, as the information only gives part of the overall picture. Providing some additional […]
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