22nd December 08
“ So this is Christmas and what have you done? Another year over, a new one just begun .” Yes, it is that time of year when some seemingly unavoidable introspection and self-assessment takes place. ...
Read More17th December 08
If you are a business-person and your commute takes you into the City of London each day, it is likely that you have perused a copy of the CityAM newspaper. This business-focused paper today announ...
Read More14th December 08
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published guidance for Independent Financial Advisers (IFAs) as to what could be perceived as an inappropriate pension transfer from one provider to anothe...
Read More11th December 08
So here it is, a final indication of how bad things are in late 2008. One of the most well-known UK High Street retailers, Woolworths , is being read its last rites. With £385 million-odd of debt...
Read More7th December 08
A while back, I penned an article admitting to the heinous crime of having money in Icesave , the failed Icelandic bank. This act of folly aside, my interest was then in how long the process would t...
Read More3rd December 08
I’ll try not to be smug, however, I think this story bears repeating. One year ago a Client came to my door in his search for an Independent Financial Adviser (IFA). He had seen an advert in his S...
Read More30th November 08
The Pensions Act 2008, started by the White Paper of December 2006 entitled ‘Personal Accounts: A new way to save’, has now made its way through Parliament and into legislature. From this, the Govern...
Read More26th November 08
I receive a lot of e-mail from life insurance companies. The majority is not of interest to me, but one grabbed my attention last week. It urged me as an IFA (Independent Financial Adviser) to consi...
Read More23rd November 08
It is fair to say that mortgage advice has been off my agenda since March. This is not for the want of trying, however. Being a ‘good’ IFA (Independent Financial Adviser), I have sent letters and ma...
Read More19th November 08
Out of memory, it has been a couple of years now since the Financial Services Authority (FSA) introduced the concept of Treating Customers Fairly , aka TCF. The grand plan was to set down a framew...
Read More15th November 08
3 topics for the price of 1 today. We have added a Mortgage Advice area to the site, soon to be followed by a fuller Mortgage section. This has been written, now in the process of having web pages d...
Read More12th November 08
I have owned a mobile telephone since July 1997. I have had one mobile telephone company since July 1997, being Vodafone. I have had few problems with Vodafone since July 1997. I have been a low-ma...
Read More10th November 08
I recently attended an event run by Barclays Bank , entitled (sic) ‘Let’s look at the profit angle’. This was quite worthwhile, the hired guru/speaker being skilled in such matters as business excel...
Read More7th November 08
Not me. I was sold on a 1% drop, but not a 150 basis point drop to blow away the cobwebs. The Bank of England (BoE) is perceived as a cautious body, not prone to dramatic action. This changes that,...
Read More3rd November 08
It appears that James Caan, of Dragon’s Den fame, has pulled off a coup in securing Crispin Odey’s talents for his recently-founded INSYNERGY Investment Management venture. The fund, only launc...
Read More29th October 08
I am sure you have been waiting with baited breath to see the chronically inept company share purchases I have made! My 8 shares are listed below, including the rounded-up purchase price in pence. ...
Read More26th October 08
I have finally taken the plunge and opened an online trading account. Despite being more Personal Finance oriented, I have always held a certain fascination with shares. Working with lse.co.uk has o...
Read More22nd October 08
Gordon Brown has today said a recession is likely. It is fair to say that Columbo is one of the few people secure in their job based on that insightful pronouncement. The figures to prove the UK is ...
Read More20th October 08
We see lse.co.uk as an ever-evolving animal, a ‘Forth Bridge’ of the Share world if you like. Just look at the recent improvements : - Savings & Investment section, including Savings rates and tax ...
Read More15th October 08
I have arrived back at the office, quickly checked that everything is still as I left it, and settled down for a quick ‘surf’ around some News sites. On the ‘Business’ homepage of a single site, I fo...
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