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Transferring out of Alliance & Leicester
I'm transferring my ISA out of Alliance & Leicester and into Kent Reliance Building Society, as the 0.7% bonus on the interest runs out on 31/4. Filled in the forms and sent to KR, who forwarded them on to A & L, but then A&L wrote back to me today, to say they couldn't action my instructions as it's an internet/telephone…
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Investment Club Query
Hi everyone, I'm very keen in joining or starting up an investment club around my area. I've done a fair bit of research and can't find one around here. I understand there are sites which host info on joining clubs and help running your own club but l've posted various adverts looking to join clubs and none have got back…
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Excel spreadsheet to track savings?
Hi, I would love to find an excel spreadsheet template in which I can track my savings accounts. It seems I need several accounts in order to get the best rate and I would like to be able to list them with the monthly contributions and interest rates. Does anyone have one they could give me or does anyone know where I can…
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£20k to invest, need some help!
Hi everyone! :wave: I've been subscribed to Martins Mutterings for several months now, and thanks to that I found the Alliance & Leicester's Directsaver account, at 5.65% after tax. In this account I have £10k that was so very kindly given to me by my parents so that I can put it towards a house deposit later on. I also…
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A+L Three Year Capital Guaranteed Bond 1
Hi i have a couple of ISAs and wish to open a new one for 07/08. I dont need the money for now and can invest it for 3 yrs. I recently went into my A+L branch and noticed this Mini ISA '3 YR Capitol Bond 1' with Legal And General. It has a rate of at least 9% over the 3 yrs. I was thinking of transferring my other ISAs…
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Shares - What does this statement mean?
TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES I get it now and again from RNS feeds via email and its puzzling me in what it actually means. Does it mean that there could be a possible take-over of the company I hold Shares in?
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Transfering money into E-saver question
I want to transfer money from my Natwest current account to my Abbey E-saver account. On the Abbey E-saver website, it states you can transfer online, and my sister has done it and it works. However it states on the E-saver website that you need to ring Abbey to nominate an external account. So I rang them, and they said…
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Childrens savings account with internet access?
I want to open savings accounts for our three children. What I don't really want to have to do is go to a branch and queue to manage the accounts. So I would like to be able to deposit by post or electronic transfer and internet access to view balances so that our children can see how much they have saved. Unfortunately…
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alliance isa help
Need someone to give me advice. Currently have a direct isa with £10+ in it. with Alliance's new 8% deal - they won't allow you to transfer the whole £10+ into it and have the 8% interest - this is only for up to £3000 for new customers. so...i want to transfer all the money who will give me good interest for the lump…
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advice
Hi...wonder if someone can give me some advice... i set up a legal and general index 100 tracker few months ago... my dd is set up but for some reason there's a problem with their system and they havent been taking my money...this has happened every month and to be honest im a bit sick and want to have my money being…
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Does Anyone Still Do Passbooks?
I know this is old fashioned but I was wondering if there are still any accounts out there that have passbooks ( and pay at least a respectable amount of interest? ) Thanks
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Need a stockbroker! Help!
Just wondering if anyone can recommend a good private client broker firm, preferably in central London. I will soon have a small amount, about £20,000 of shares in the company I work in that I would like to sell. I'm assuming for this tiny amount they'll all be quite similar, so smallest commission would be best!…
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6.05% Return on Lump Sum Investment - Is there better in the market currently ?
Best secure sterling investment I can find is 6.05% from Anglo Irish Bank (Isle Of Man - http://www.angloirishbank.co.im/personal-b...nd-account.asp) Does anyone know if this can be improved/beaten? I'm investing a lump sum and then living off the interest. Thanks.
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Tracking value of stocks against savings
Hi, I am paying a regular sum into stocks & shares ISA and would like to see whether I am beating a savings account. I just cannot work out a comfortable way in excel to do this. I do this since January 2006 - which gives me 15 months to work with at this stage. How I can calculate the profit of my portfolio taking into…
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Seeking advice on investing £10,000 and making regular withdrawals
Hi As a result of a selling my house, I will have £10,000 to put into an account somewhere. This money is being taken from the profit of the house sale to offset against maintenance payments for my son, currently £140 pcm. I will be needing to pay for the next 6 years. My plan (and I don't know if it's a good one or not)…
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Regular Saver - have i been ripped off?
HELP! This is my first post so please bear with me! I have a Barclays Regular Saver 10 per cent. It matured today but i havent been given 10 per cent interest. I paid in every month £250 (the max allowed) Therefore i now have £3,000. When Barclays sold me this i'm convinced the guy on the phone told me i would get £300…
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Money laundering Regs
Does anyone else feel these are a complete waste of time. Any self respecting crook can beg borrow steal or even buy a new identify. The only people inconvenienced are honest hard working long suffering Joe Public. I really hate and have become increasingly concerned by having to send personal identification through the…
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£10,000, what should i do with it ?
We've never really taken a great deal of interest in investment etc, but thought I'd throw this one in the pot. We have a spare £10,000 in an account doing nothing really and it is in effect dead money as it won't be required hopefully. Any suggestions ?
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who would give me the highest interest on 5k for my daughter
Since my daughter was born, I have saved her childrens allowance in her own account at the Abbey. Now she has over £5k, and Id like to put a lump sum in a higher paying account for her - which she wont have access to for another 14 years. I know all about ISA's - but I really dont want anything with any risk involved - and…
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Childrens Trust Funds
The situation is: my three children have been left about £4000 each by grandparents which, by the terms of the will, cannot be touched until they turn 21. The children are 18, 10 and 5. What is the best way to save this money and get the best return? Your advice would be much appreciated. Thanks
