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Charitable And Ethical Finance(15/11/2011)
Recent environmental and humanitarian events around the globe will have seen more people taking an interest in how and where their finances are invested. Many of us may be keen to support causes we feel strongly about, particularly during the festive season when thoughts often turn to charity and helping those less fortunate. Charity accounts Offered mostly by local providers, charity savings accounts allow investors to support their ch... [more]
Lenders are stumbling over each other to increase fixed rate mortgages(22/06/2009)
Last week, the average 2 year fixed rate mortgage jumped 0.16% since the beginning of the week from 4.74% on Monday to 4.90% on Friday. The average 5 year fixed rate mortgage has laso jumped 0.21% since the beginning of the week from 5.61% on Monday to 5.82% on Friday. Overall number of residential fixed rate deals has declined from 937 to 887. Michelle Slade, analyst at Moneyfacts.co.uk, comments: "After a period of relative calm in the mo... [more]
Low interest rates are geared to encourage savers to plough their savings back into the economy(21/05/2009)
Savings rates look to have ended their freefall, with the average no notice rate hovering around 0.65%, marginally above bank base rate. The latests published inflation figures shows that the real return after basic tax and inflation on an average no notice savings account is 1.73 per cent for Retail Price Index (RPI) for Consumer Price Index (CPI) is still in the negative at minus 1.77 per cent. Darren Cook, Analyst at Moneyfacts.co.uk, co... [more]
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