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Persistent Poor Pension Performance Blasted
Poor performing pension funds holding more than £30 billion of retirement saver cash are named and shamed in a new report. Around 110 funds with cash and assets of more than £2.5 million each are...
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Berkshire Hathaway grows DaVita investment: Should you invest?
Last Friday Berkshire Hathaway Inc. filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission stating that it now owns 35.1 million shares of DaVita. DaVita Healthcare Partners Inc. is the leader in...
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Pacific Paradise That Is Awash With Secret Cash
Investigative journalists have traced hundreds of millions of pounds of secret cash stashed in trusts on a string of tiny Pacific Islands. The reporters allege the Cook Islands are one of the few...
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Co-op deputy chair reveals he opposed planned purchase of Lloyds branches
The Co-operative Bank’s former Deputy Chairman has revealed that he quit the Co-op’s board in early 2012 over its attempts to purchase 631 branches of the Lloyds Banking Group. During an appearance...
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Hacking Riddle As Bitcoin Site Goes Offline
Bemused holders of the virtual currency Bitcoin are wondering what has happened to millions of dollars of their money as a major online trader’s web site closed without warning. MtGox suddenly went...
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Expat Investors Urged To Act Fund Collapse
Expat investors who have lost millions of pounds in a failed investment fund are being urged to form a pressure group to try and recoup their cash. So far, almost 500 disgruntled investors have signed...
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Ice Bucket Challenge With A Twist For Expats
The Ice Bucket Challenge that has raised millions of pounds for charity has gone global – with some new twists for expats. The challenge is aimed at raising awareness for motor neurone disease...
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SFO Investigates £120 Million Legal Fund Collapse
Collapsed investment fund Axiom Legal Financing is facing an investigation by fraud detectives. The £120 million fund promised investors 11% a year returns on their cash but failed to deliver and was...
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What Does Ethical Really Mean For Investors?
Investors are keen to buy in to ethical funds and companies but feel they do not have enough information to make their investment decisions, according to new research. Around two-thirds of investors...
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How To Clean Up Those Dirty Funds
Choosing a good stock or fund is tough enough for most armchair investors – but grappling with financial jargon makes the job even harder. For instance, you need to know the difference between and...
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Shale Production Has Oil Producers Over A Barrel
US inroads into delivering shale oil and gas from vast reserves are driving down the cost of crude worldwide. A massive drive to develop shale deposits to cut America’s shackles tying the country to...
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Elderly Expats May Die Before Compensation Is Paid
Hundreds of elderly expats have their retirement cash trapped in a suspended investment scheme that may not pay compensation until after they have died. Almost 5,000 investors have cash locked up in...
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Crunch Time For Sweet Eaters As Chocolate Runs Out
If you like to nibble on chocolate, you should start thinking about stockpiling a secret supply because the world is running out of the key ingredient – cocoa. Chocolate industry experts are seriously...
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Fees Could Wipe Out 27% Of A Flexible Pension
Flexible pension may end up costing retirement savers as much as the poor value annuities that they are designed to replace, suggests independent research. Fees and charges for setting up and managing...
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Invest In Buy To Let For Just £1,000 Down
Investors who want to take part in the buy to let bonanza but do not want to get involved in managing their own properties can buy a slice of Britain’s first residential real estate investment trust...
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How Tracker Funds Work For Passive Investors
Tracker funds do what they say on the label – they follow the movements of a specific index, so the value of an investment rises and falls with the value of the underlying index. Investors who do not...
View ArticleThere’s No Such Thing As Money For Nothing
The tax man’s campaign to claw back £1 billion from money ploughed into loss making film projects highlights some common factors among investors. Around 1,300 high profile investors, including...
View ArticleNew Frontiers Open Up For Investors
New opportunities in frontier markets are bleeping on the radar of investors seeking ever higher returns. Industry analysts report a spike in interest in these new frontiers with markets in Africa...
View ArticleExtra SEIS Tax Breaks For Crowdfunders
Crowdfunders are waking up to the benefits of the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and starting to label pitches on their platforms that attract the extra tax breaks. UK crowdfunding platforms...
View ArticleRip-Off Fund Managers Sell Investors Short
City watchdogs are warning investors are paying too much to fund managers who look after their retirement cash. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) claims many fund managers market their schemes as...
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