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Investors must shop around for the lowest cost ISA to prevent excessive charges taking a big bite out of their savingsSimplyStockbroking is urging investors to shop around for the lowest cost ISA to prevent excessive charges taking a big bite out of their savings in today’s low growth economy. SimplyStockbroking’s self select stocks and shares ISA levies no fixed annual management charges for the ISA wrapper. It charges investors just £8 per trade to buy and sell a wide range of investments in their ISAs inclu... [more] Strong increase in inflation is a real blow to saversThe recent announcement by the Bank of England on the biggest increase in inflation since records began spells bad news for savers with only a handful of savings products now paying high enough interest to offset the effects of inflation. Basic rate tax payers will now need an account paying at least 3.63 per cent to gain benefit in real terms from their savings, increasing to 4.84 per cent for... [more] Fantasy Trader gives investors an opportunity to trade on real stock marketsHalifax Share Dealing has launched Fantasy Trader that gives investors an opportunity to trade on real stock markets, with a virtual £10,000 through a practice share dealing account. Fantasy Trader gives customers a chance to experiment with new trading strategies to see how they could potentially boost their investment returns by diversifying their portfolio. It also gives them the opportunity... [more] Online purchasing of art and antiques on the riseThe live online bidding site The-saleroom.com has recorded a 120 per cent year-on-year increase in bidder numbers in 2009, revealing growing buyer confidence in purchasing art and antiques online. In a year when recession and credit issues dominated the headlines, the-saleroom.com bucked the trend with revenues generated by the site increasing by 55 per cent year-on-year. The value of lots sol... [more] British savers more likely to save money in the next 12 monthsAccording to recent research by NS&I, the British population is increasingly confident about the ability to save more in the coming year. Perhaps encouraged by recent reports of a financial upturn, British savers are more confident in their outlook with over a quarter of the population (27%) saying they are more likely to save money in the next 12 months than they did last year. The NS&I figure... [more] |
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BVCA Breakfast on Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive (HM Treasury)
Good morning. I’d like to thank BVCA for hosting this breakfast. I have addressed the topic of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive on multiple occasions since the Commission first published its proposal for the Directive last April.
Hot Investment in Cool Times - Real Estate Notes (dBusinessNews.com)
Investors Take Advantage of Real Estate Downturn And Use Their IRA and 401(k) to benefit from a tax-sheltered alternative to the rollercoaster of financial markets.
Confessions of a Money Manager: Look at the coal mine canaries before making investment choices (The Capital Times)
On March 4, the institutional department of San Francisco-based Charles Schwab held an investment forum in Chicago: the Schwab Investment Outlook. Among the presenters was Greg Valliere, chief political strategist for the Potomac Research Group, a non-partisan think tank. Valliere’s been around for quite a few years and he’s a frequent guest on television talk shows that feature business and ...
Registered Investment Advisors (RIA’s) Find Win/Win with TARP Capital’s Lower-Cost, Higher-Yield, Fixed Income Platform (PRWeb)
As RIA’s struggle to find low-risk investment grade fixed income alternatives for their clients, TARP Capital provides an alternative investment solution. (PRWeb Mar 11, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/TARP-Capital/RIA/prweb3710684.htm
Registered Investment Advisors (RIA’s) Find Win/Win with TARP Capital’s Lower-Cost, Higher-Yield, Fixed Income Platform (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
As RIA’s struggle to find low-risk investment grade fixed income alternatives for their clients, TARP Capital provides an alternative investment solution.
StockPreacher.com announces investment report featuring Generex Biotechnology (News-Medical-Net)
StockPreacher.com announces an investment report featuring Generex Biotechnology Corp. The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PHILADELPHIA----Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust today reported results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2009. A description of each non-GAAP financial measure and the related reconciliation to the comparable GAAP measure are located at the end of this press release.
Research and Markets: Big Media Investment in Games: The Competitive Challenge (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of Screen Digest's new report "Big Media Investment in Games: The Competitive Challenge" to their offering.
Other alternative investment news
PE firm India Agri Business to invest $10 mn in Global Green (Business Standard India)
Private equity group India Agri Business Fund will invest $10 million (about Rs 48 crore) in Gautam Thapar-promoted Avantha Group's food division Global Green Company Ltd.
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-12 08:07 UPDATE 1-Japan's Willcom gets backing of state fund (Interactive Investor)
TOKYO, March 12 (Reuters) - A fund backed by the Japanese government said on Friday that it would offer financial support to bankrupt mobile phone service provider Willcom Inc as part of a deal that could shake up the country's telecoms industry. Softbank Corp, Japan's third-largest mobile phone operator, and private equity firm Advantage Partners will invest in Willcom as part of the deal ...
Palm Beach Gardens financial planner sued for persuading clients to invest with Rothstein (The Palm Beach Post)
Palm Beach Gardens financial planner sued for persuading clients to invest with Rothstein
Battery Ventures Completes $750 Million Fund, Year’s Biggest (Bloomberg)
March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Battery Ventures completed a $750 million venture-capital fund, the biggest so far this year, raising money to invest in computing startups and clean-energy deals.
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Indian Billionaire Anil Ambani’s Fund to Double Investments (Bloomberg)
March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Indian billionaire Anil Ambani ’s venture fund plans to invest in areas including so-called clean technologies as it doubles investments over the next three years.
Taiwan Approves Plans to Let Chinese Banks Invest (Update2) (BusinessWeek)
Taiwan’s Cabinet has approved plans to allow mainland Chinese companies to invest in domestic lenders, brokerages and insurers, paving the way for a broader economic accord as cross-strait relations improve.
Texas Fund Firm Out-Vanguards Vanguard (TheStreet.com)
Dimensional Fund Advisors sells so-called passive funds, using low costs to boost performance.
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