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Citywire Investment News
- Tuesday Papers - tips and comment
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:00:00 +0100
Petrobras, Brazil?s energy champion, prepares the biggest share offering in history.
- Tuesday Papers: Diamond to take top job at Barclays - other news
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:57:00 +0100
The investment banking head will take over from John Varley at the bank's annual meeting next March.
- Tuesday Papers: BC Partners offers 'early bird' discount in new fund - bid news and gossip
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:53:00 +0100
The private equity group is offering investors in a planned ?6bn fund a discount of 5% off its fees.
- Video: Jim Leaviss on his new inflation-busting fund
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:49:26 +0100
MG bond manager Jim Leaviss explains the rationale behind the MG UK Inflation-Linked Corporate Bond fund which was launched today.
- Back to School
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:05:00 +0100
The kids are back at school, but what have we learnt from past few months? John Husselbee, chief executive at North assesses the state of the markets.
Citywire Money, Tax and Property
- First time buyers: some tips to help you raise a deposit
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
Increasing numbers of first time buyers are getting help from their parents to raise a deposit. That's fine if you have cash to spare, but what does everyone else do?
- Landlords brace themselves for benefit caps
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
There are concerns that cutbacks in Local Housing Allowance will push increasing numbers of tenants into arrears. But demand for rental properties remains high, so what is the outlook for landlords?
- The end of the 'cheap mortgage'
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
Linton Chiswick questions whether the regulator is about to call time on the last remaining ?cheap mortgage?.
- Mortgages: cut out the middle man for the best rates
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
Increasingly, high street banks are not only by-passing brokers ? the only place a potential homebuyer can get truly impartial advice on a home loan ? but they are restricting their best offers to existing customers.
- FSA fines and censures mortgage brokers over fraud
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:37:07 +0100
The Financial Services Authority has banned one mortgage broker and fined another for failing to prevent false mortgage applications being made to lenders.
BBC Business News
- Greek PM reshuffles his cabinet
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:40:47 GMT
Greek PM George Papandreou reshuffles his cabinet but leaves the key post of finance minister unchanged as his government battles a debt crisis.
- Housing group 'near administration'
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:21:02 GMT
Connaught, the property services group that specialises in social housing, is on the brink of going into administration, the BBC learns.
- Crystal ball gazing
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:05:49 GMT
Experts make their predictions on house prices
- Scam fear over electricity credit
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:01:46 GMT
Criminals have managed to clone prepayment meter keys in order to make money by offering discounted credit to customers.
- School clothes boost retail sales
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:01:08 GMT
Retail sales rose in August, partly thanks to strong sales of children's clothing ahead of the new school year, figures suggest.
FT.com - Financial Markets News
- Silver surges as global industrial appetite revives
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:05:27 GMT
Robust industrial demand as the global manufacturing cycle gains momentum after the summer helps silver towards a two-and-half year high
- Quantitative easing fears dent sterling
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:58:20 GMT
Sterling failed to benefit from the upturn in risk appetite that was sparked by better-than-expected US and Chinese economic data last week
- Utilities and banks support modest gains in Europe
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:50:24 GMT
Traders buy into banks across the region ahead of Basel III capital calls as risk appetite continues to improve
- Takeover rumours lift Tullow as Footsie edges up
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:38:01 GMT
The Africa-focused company might be in the sights of a Chinese energy group, dealers said
- Call for tighter trading-outage procedures
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:47:06 GMT
Exchanges and other trading platforms should tighten the procedures they use when technical glitches knock out markets ? such as by updating customers every 30 minutes ? according to the UK regulator
Citywire News
- Tuesday Papers - tips and comment
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:00:00 +0100
Petrobras, Brazil?s energy champion, prepares the biggest share offering in history.
- Tuesday Papers: Diamond to take top job at Barclays - other news
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:57:00 +0100
The investment banking head will take over from John Varley at the bank's annual meeting next March.
- Tuesday Papers: BC Partners offers 'early bird' discount in new fund - bid news and gossip
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:53:00 +0100
The private equity group is offering investors in a planned ?6bn fund a discount of 5% off its fees.
- First time buyers: some tips to help you raise a deposit
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
Increasing numbers of first time buyers are getting help from their parents to raise a deposit. That's fine if you have cash to spare, but what does everyone else do?
- Why Diageo? People won't stop drinking Johnnie Walker in a hurry say fund managers
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:46:11 +0100
Fund managers Roger Morley and Ben Kottler reveal why they stick to steady, 'boring' stocks like drinks giant Diageo and why they?re avoiding energy stocks, even though they look cheap.