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Bear Stearns, the monetary meltdown...and you

19th March 08 By: Resident IFA

The Fed (Federal Reserve, America’s Central Bank) has slashed interest rates by 0.75% (75 ‘basis points’), but will it help? There has been a spike in the markets on both sides of the Atlantic already...

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Building financial capability in the UK

9th March 08 By: Resident IFA

I seem to be in London every week at the moment! On Thursday 6th, I visited the Financial Services Authority (FSA) at Canary Wharf in my role as an Independent Financial Adviser (IFA). The FSA are...

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Share dealing service coming soon?

4th March 08 By: Resident IFA

We travelled to Central London last week to commence negotiations with a well-established and well-known firm that provide Share dealing systems for websites. I am not easily-impressed, but meeting a...

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Retirement planning: Annuities...a big, one-off decision thrust upon us!

28th February 08 By: Resident IFA

Sorry for the blogging delay...life is hectic! Lately, I am meeting a lot of people who are nearing retirement and seeking my advice on the personal pension funds they have built up over the years. ...

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With-profit policies...still poor bonuses?

15th February 08 By: Resident IFA

There are millions of people in the UK who are invested in With-profits policies, mostly to protect and repay their mortgages in the form of Endowment policies. There has been a lot of conjecture i...

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Welcome to lse.co.uk's Personal Finance section!

5th February 08 By: Resident IFA

Hello. I am the resident Personal Finance expert at lse.co.uk. Welcome to my first blog entry. Over the coming weeks and months, I will endeavour to write openly about the topical financial issues ...

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