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News and comment

Welcome to our on-line news and comment. This service is regularly updated to bring you news of important developments in financial matters.

The news stories on this page have been written and produced by a third party and neither nor its representatives can be held responsible for the accuracy of the content/information contained within these stories.

Citywire Investment News

• James Montier: The 'Austerians' will destroy the recovery and usher in deflation
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:33:04 +0100
  The 'Austerians' could destroy an economic recovery and increase the likelihood of deflation, warns influential investor James Montier.
  

• Saints hikes divi and expects shareholder payouts to rise
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:10:40 +0100
  Manager of the Baillie Gifford trust Patrick Edwardson says as the global economic recovery picks up, so too will company profits and their payouts to shareholders. 
  

• Exeter IFA firm strikes outsourcing deal with Brooks Macdonald
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:54:27 +0100
  RK Shipman has entered into an agreement with Brooks Macdonald for the London based asset manager to run its clients' money.
  

• Push start from Fidelity helped Ocado get its flotation away
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:56:34 +0100
  Ocado had to rely on existing shareholders - and fund management group Fidelity in particular - to get its recent stock market flotation away.
  

BBC Business News

• Dhaka workers angry over pay
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 02:21:09 +0000
  There have been street battles in Bangladesh for a second day as workers in Dhaka's textile factories vent their disappointment with a planned wage rise.
  

• Child Trust Fund payments to drop
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 02:01:02 +0000
  Babies born this weekend will be last in the UK to receive the full payment to Child Trust Funds, as the scheme's phasing out begins.
  

• Iran sanctions: Pressure on Dubai
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:53:18 +0000
  Ben Thompson looks at Dubai's role on the new frontline of sanctions on Iran.
  

• Tax credits and child trusts
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:25:49 +0000
  In this week's Your Money Sally Eden looks at tax credits and child trust funds.
  

BBC News

• Pakistan leader heading to Europe
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 03:13:55 +0000
  Pakistan's president is due in Europe later for a trip that will take in the UK, amid tensions over David Cameron's comments about terrorism.
  

• Child Trust Fund payments to drop
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 02:01:02 +0000
  Babies born this weekend will be last in the UK to receive the full payment to Child Trust Funds, as the scheme's phasing out begins.
  

• Tight security at Chelsea wedding
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 02:00:45 +0000
  The daughter of former US President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has married her long-term boyfriend at a lavish ceremony.
  

• Treaty enacted to ban cluster bombs
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 01:57:15 +0000
  An international treaty banning the production and use of cluster bombs has come into force.
  

Citywire News

• Welfare reform is an enormous task that must not be rushed
  Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:01:00 +0100
  The government needs to take great care in the important task it has set itself in overhauling the country's complex and costly benefits system.
  

• Divorce in the downturn: where to get advice
  Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:01:00 +0100
  The economic slump has made it even more difficult for warring couples to go their separate ways.
  

• Beware these five pitfalls when switching energy suppliers
  Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:01:00 +0100
  Switching energy suppliers can save you hundreds of pounds a year, but switch to the wrong deal and you could find you end up paying more.
  

• Saturday Papers: tips and comment
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0100
  Better hope the latest US GDP numbers are very wrong on the downside  
  

Citywire Money, Tax and Property

• Mortgages: a tracker could save you money
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:01:00 +0100
  If economists' forecasts are right and the Base Rate is really set to remain at 0.5% until the end of 2013, then trackers look a much better bet than fixed rate mortgages.
  

• House prices: Nationwide reports first drop since February
  Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:24:53 +0100
  Nationwide has reported a 0.5% drop in the price of an average UK property, adding to evidence that prices are heading lower.
  

• House prices rise slightly in June
  Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:07:44 +0100
  Land Registry reports 0.1% rise in June following May?s slight fall. Figures come in contrast to other indices which are showing falling prices.
  

• Morning Line: interest rate rise or not, savers are unlikely to benefit
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:51:04 +0100
  Seldom have economists been so divided over when interest rates will rise. But whatever happens, it is unlikely that savers will benefit. 
  

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