Rates on National Savings and Investments’ next issue of children’s bonus bonds is dropping from 4.45 to 4 per cent.
The rate on the next tranche, launching on 1 February, reflects continued weakness in the gilt market. The rates had previously been at 4.45 per cent since August.
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Anne Robinson must be quaking in her knee-high boots as Tracey Cavanagh, business development manager at mortgage packager Zebra Homeloans, squares up for the Weakest Link Challenge. Cavanagh has gone through the trial stages and will be appearing on the show next week. Let us hope she has packaged all her general knowledge and won’t […]
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Demand for venture capital trusts isstarting to soar.Sales have topped £160m, having more than doubled over the last two months. There are over 30 VCT promoters and managers vying for investors’ money.The gulf between the best and worst-performing VCTs is wide so investors need to be careful. Pennine Aim VCT 5 merits serious consideration. The […]
Core Investec funds with Selestia doubled
Investec Asset Management have doubled the number of funds available on the Selestia platform, increasing the list to 14.The new funds available include the top-selling Investec managed distribution fund and the recently introduced Investec global energy fund. Other new funds include Investec monthly global equity, global technology, monthly high income and UK blue chip.Investec joint […]
Burnett: what needs to happen for value to start performing again?
Value stocks have significantly underperformed growth stocks in Europe in the past decade. However, Rob Burnett, manager of the Neptune European Opportunities Fund, believes we are now approaching an inflection point. Watch the video below to find out more. In the video, Rob discusses: How low inflation and loose monetary policy since the global financial […]
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Advisers waste five hours a week on menial tasks
Financial advisers waste almost five hours a week doing menial tasks, according to a study by adviser tech platform Advicefront. With an average hourly wage of £46.38, one hour in eight is spent on unnecessary tasks and costs advisers £220 per week in wasted time. The survey asked advisers how much time they spend weekly on […]
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Kim North: Let’s move away from ‘jobs for the boys’
Last week, the excellent Money Marketing Interactive Harrogate event took place, where I was fortunate enough to be part of the panel on diversity in advice. Last week also saw the 10th anniversary of the Lehman Brothers’ collapse. “If it had been Lehman Sisters rather than Lehman Brothers, the world might look a lot different […]
Pension transfers fall to £8.2bn in Q2
The total value of pension transfers fell from £10.6bn in the first quarter of the year to £8.2bn in the second quarter, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show. According to AJ Bell, this is the first drop in value of pension transfers since the second quarter of 2016. The figures coincide with […]