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Citywire Investment News
- Ex-Cazenove partner jailed for 21 months for insider dealing
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:57:31 GMT
Former Cazenove partner Malcolm Calvert partner has been jailed for 21 months.
- FSA to link with ombudsman and OFT to form consumer committee
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:26:44 GMT
The Financial Services Authority has teamed up with the Office of Fair Trading and the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) to create a new consumer protection committee.
- The little-known boutique that dominated global equities in 2009
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:30:50 GMT
With three managers at the top of the global equity sector for 2009, it's time investors took notice of London-based investment boutique Treetop Asset Management.
- Ombudsman's Arch Cru decision overturned
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:07:18 GMT
Regulatory Legal has overturned a Financial Ombudsman Service ruling against an adviser who recommended the Arch Cru Investment Portfolio fund as a 'low to medium risk' investment.
- Should the Tories ditch George Osborne for Ken Clarke?
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:17:14 GMT
Would Conservative fortunes be improved by making Ken Clarke shadow chancellor?
Citywire Money, Tax and Property
- Better to be wealthy than healthy in retirement
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:01:00 GMT
Three quarters of employees think wealth is the key to a happy retirement, according to NAPF survey.
- The HSBC 1.99% mortgage is back again
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:53:10 GMT
HSBC is relaunching its 1.99% mortgage for borrowers who can afford a 40% deposit.
- FSA to link with ombudsman and OFT to form consumer committee
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:26:44 GMT
The Financial Services Authority has teamed up with the Office of Fair Trading and the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) to create a new consumer protection committee.
- Could the Chancellor unveil a Budget sweetener for ISA savers?
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:01:00 GMT
Allowing ISA savers to invest their whole allowance into cash investments might be a cheap and easy way of wooing middle class voters.
- Why this bull market could last two more years
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:28:45 GMT
As the recovery moves into its second year, there are reasons to be optimistic with every post-war bull market having run into a third year and lasting 50 months on average.
FT.com - Financial Markets News
- Natural gas retreats on US stockpile data
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:43:58 GMT
Nymex April Henry Hub fell 2.7 per cent following the latest US inventories data that showed a fall of 111bn cubic feet in stocks
- Markets mixed on China monetary jitters
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:28:12 GMT
Global Markets Overview: China reawakens fears over monetary tightening, US data boost stocks
- Strong growth outlook lifts Swiss franc
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:16:07 GMT
The Swiss franc rose to its highest level for a year against the euro as the central bank revised its growth forecast for the economy to 1.5 per cent
- Philips slides amid talk of Hologic bid
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:39:53 GMT
France?s Lagardère, the world?s largest publisher of consumer magazines, suffered the steepest falls on the FTSE Eurofirst index after disappointing investors with poor earnings for 2009 and a weak outlook for the year ahead
- Vale turns up heat on iron ore prices
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:17:56 GMT
The miner, has asked some of the world?s top steel producers to pay 80-100 per cent more for their ore supplies in 2010-11
BBC Business News
- Warning on public sector pensions
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:03:25 GMT
The amount of money paid as public sector pensions could more than triple in the next 50 years, says the National Audit Office.
- New York banking gains on London
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:01:22 GMT
New York and London have been ranked as the joint-top global financial centres according to new research.
- 'Slow start' for 2010 home sales
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:59:48 GMT
The number of homes sold in England and Wales at the start of 2010 was at a low level, a survey says.
- Fighting poverty
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:50:16 GMT
How Malawi hopes social enterprise will help
- 'No giveaway Budget' says Darling
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:05:35 GMT
Chancellor Alistair Darling warns people not to expect a "giveaway" when he unveils his Budget later this month.
Citywire News
- Better to be wealthy than healthy in retirement
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:01:00 GMT
Three quarters of employees think wealth is the key to a happy retirement, according to NAPF survey.
- PPF boss says size not insolvencies driving riskier investment strategy
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:44:10 GMT
Pension Protection Fund (PPF) chief executive Alan Rubenstein denies that recent moves to a more aggressive investment strategy are driven by a surge in insolvency claims.
- The HSBC 1.99% mortgage is back again
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:53:10 GMT
HSBC is relaunching its 1.99% mortgage for borrowers who can afford a 40% deposit.
- FSA to link with ombudsman and OFT to form consumer committee
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:26:44 GMT
The Financial Services Authority has teamed up with the Office of Fair Trading and the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) to create a new consumer protection committee.
- Why BP is a must-own for income seekers
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:10:00 GMT
BP has bought more assets in the Gulf of Mexico and its first licenses in Brazil, adding to its already robust production growth prospects.
BBC News
- Live - Bangladesh v England
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:59:06 GMT
Bangladesh win the toss and field first in Chittagong as England hand Test debuts to Steve Finn and Michael Carberry.
- Handcuffs asylum use criticised
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:25:15 GMT
The use of handcuffs by immigration, escort and security staff to restrain asylum seekers is criticised in a report.
- New York agrees 9/11 dust payout
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:22:55 GMT
New York City agrees to pay up to $657m (437m) to thousands of rescue and clean-up workers at the 9/11 attacks site.
- Thailand braces for mass protests
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:09:10 GMT
Thailand mobilises thousands of troops ahead of mass rallies by planned supporters of ousted former PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
- Rove 'proud' of US waterboarding
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:46:45 GMT
Former US President George W Bush's senior adviser, Karl Rove, says he is proud of waterboarding and it prevented attacks.
