NS&I accused of leaving savers high and dry
This week’s midweek money sections focused on the withdrawal of National Savings & Investments’ (NS&I) index-linked and fixed-rate tax-free saving…
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Hurray, the compulsory annuity has been retired…
The annuity is dead (ok, not exactly dead but at least no longer compulsory) and as our stalwart pensions guru…
Bring me sunshine (and the Friday Links blog)…
If you haven’t had the pleasure yet, we’d like to introduce you to Messrs Friday and Links – just as…
Pinocchio meets the regulators… and it’s not looking pretty
‘Liar loans’ received a decent airing in the mid week money sections this week with warnings coming thick and fast.…
Brand Ucits: losing its lustre?
When is a Ucits fund no longer a Ucits fund? That is the question currently facing the European fund industry,…
By Chris Duncan
As Paul the psychic octopus announces his retirement today, MRM contemplates the future of his pension
In and amongst all the World Cup and psychic octopus hype this week, the government tried to make what the Sunday…
The Joy of Links – those XXX links in full
We’re not normally this slow on the uptake, honest, but we’ve only just twigged that each week for large numbers…
Savers called to protect themselves in the mid-week money sections
Savings filled the mid-week money sections, with the theme of money protection popping up all over the papers. The old…
Hmm, good the Friday links are! Those Star Wars themed links in full
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, can you feel the force? Or as Chewbacca would say: “Grrf, aaaaaarrrgh, grrf!” Did you know…
Savers rejoice and commiserate in the mid week money sections this week
The mid-week money sections have gone to town on the news that the banks have been ordered to slash the…
RADAR backs US equities with 28.3 per cent portfolio allocation
– Total equity exposure of the Fund increased to 69.3 per cent as of end of May – 28.3 per…
The debate that just won’t die…
It is a debate that has (seemingly) raged for as long as England have successfully avoided the later stages of…
By Chris Duncan