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Anglo-Irish Bank
Hi All Has anyone got any thoughts on the Anglo Irish bank's fixed rate bond? Thinking about a 4 year bond......
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Investment Advice
Hello Forgive but I am a bit clueless in this field. An aquaintance may shortly be coming into approx £150,000 to £200,000. I need a rough idea of how this should be invested to provide the maximum monthly return. I have been looking at notice accounts and have read that 7% is possible however what I need to know is a very…
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Prudential & Friends Provident With Profit Bonds
I have a "With Profit" Bond with Prudential and another with Friends Provident, both of which which I have held for several years. The Friends Provident Bond is currently subject to a MVR reduction and I have read in the press that there is talk of Prudential being broken up. Does anybody know when the Friends Provident…
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ISA or Savings Rate?
Hi. Would I be better off if I took £4000 of savings from a savings account paying 6.05%, or £3000 from an ISA paying 5.6% and £1000 from an account paying 6.05%?
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Vector Hospitality PLC
My ISA provider has invited me to subscribe to an IPO from this company - anyone heard any advice as to whether it is worth taking up?
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Abbey increases savings rates
Abbey have announced today that they are increasing their savings rates, following the BOE base rate increase on May 10th to 5.50%. All new rates will come into affect from 1st June 2007. - Branch Saver increases by up to 0.80%, top rate 5.00%. - Flexible Saver increases by up to 0.60%, top rate 4.50%. - Monthly Saver…
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Building society changing to bank - shares?
Just out for some opinions on this thought, I was told that if i opened up a bank account in e.g. Nationwide (building society) that when and if it turns into a bank, they may issue free shares - like Halifax did when they changed to HBOS. I can easily stick the £ into a savings account, but i was just curious to try this…
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To save or not, and how much?
At the moment, I currently have quite a bit of debt. £300 in a nationwide overdraft (~7% i think) £550 on a 0% credit card for another 6 months or so. CC limit: £1000. £600 on a natwest student 0% overdraft. OD limit: £1400 (all 0%) I've just come into some money (£2700), which could pay all of the above off leaving me…
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alliance and leicester regular saver 12%
alliance and leicester regular saver 12% is there anyway you can get it without having to take the insurance out cause i think thats evil having to take insurance out just to get a regular saver has any1 else had experience of this ?
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Childrens Account Advice Please.
My children have each been given just under £5000 each, I have 3,it was given to them by an elderly family member and I want to know what is the best sort of account to put it into, the kids are 6, 8 and 14, I really want this to be the best account at making them some money so when they are old enough they can benefit…
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Which publications give best advice?
I am in the process of sorting my endowment problems out and I would like some advice please on which newspapers and/or magazines I should read. I do have an IFA that I trust but I am a acomplete novice when it comes to savings and investments and I would like to do some homework before I make any final decisions. I…
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Share Dealing Accounts and Capital Gains Tax
Hi My wife and I both have a number of shares held in cerificates, some are large holdings from privatisations. We have opened a joint share dealing account for ease, speed and real time dealing, but have not yet transferred the shares to the account nominees. Before we transfer could somebody explain how capital gains tax…
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finding a Financial Advisor
Hi I wonder if you can help, my father is trying to locate a finanical advisor he used previously but doesnt know where to look. I've googled it but didnt have much joy either, does anyone know how I could go about finding this person? I have a name and an area he used to work a couple of years ago but no company name I…
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Nationwide Interest Rate Increases
http://www.nationwide.co.uk/mediacentre/PressRelease_this.asp?ID=999 Nationwide have announced their rate increases. Most rates have gone up by 0.25%, a few have gone up by more, and quite a few have gone up by less (for example, the £1-£9,999 ISA band has only gone up by 0.2%). As many here predicted, the flexaccount rate…
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Payments into Icesave
I have an account with Icesave and have always thought that their method of putting money into the account by DD a little strange - but what the hell, it's their bank ! I am in the process of selling my house and I want to put the proceeds of the sale into my Icesave account while I decide what to do with it on a longer…
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Making a loan 0% APR - how?
From the MSE's cheapest loan article, I find that I can borrow £2500 from Zopa for 5.5% APR. However, Icesave is giving 5.95% APR [after tax I think it will come down to 5.5% or so]. I'm planning to buy a car for £2.5-£3k range. So, if I adopt this method, does it lead to basically 0% interest for borrowing effectively??…
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best short term investment
Hello, where can I get the best return on £15K for 3 months only? Thanks
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IFA Advice
I've read enough now to realise that some extra professional advice might be in order for my investments. What should I look for if and when contacting an IFA?
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£15,000 to invest best way?
Hi I would like advice on the best way to invest £15,000 to make the most of it :confused: we have children that we can use to bank it in if need be I would be grateful for your advice on the best way forward many thanks
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Corus right issue info - help please
Trying to get some old financial stuff sorted and have lost some records. Can anyone tell me the rights issue price for Corus - it was around 2003/4. Thanks **************************************************** Managed to find this info out for myself :-) ****************************************************
