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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The Liberal Democrats are calling for the government to introduce a cooling off period for people who take more than the minimum lump sum from their pension pot without taking financial advice. Currently, withdrawals over the 25 per cent minimum are taxed at an emergency tax rate, which can lead to pensioners paying too much […]
Regulator unveils proposed directory of senior financial services professionals, publishes fees for 2018/19 and approves new tech-based mortgage firms. The Financial Conduct Authority published a raft of reports, consultations and policy initiatives over the past month and many will have a direct impact on the mortgage sector. Recently, the FCA has put forward plans to […]
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