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ISA Transfers into The Nationwide
Like the title suggests, does anyone know when the ban will be lifted, if at all. Its just you cannot transfer in, and well soon to be the 5th of April we all know how busy they get? Cheers
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Halifax investor isa?? should it be changed?
Hi all, I am asking this question on behalf of my Mum! She has been paying £200 a month into a Halifax isa which from what I can gather is somehow linked to stocks and shares (I'm not good at this financial stuff!). Last year there was £10k in the isa and now there is £8k, she is unsure as to how long she has been paying…
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How to save/invest inheritance?
Hello My son has just received a lump sum of money from a court investment set up for him several years ago after his Mum was killed. This has been earning a reasonable return to this point (6%) but now requires his intervention to keep the return at a good level. His intention is to hold about £3,000 as a reserve fund…
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Bradford & Bingley Shares
I have 500 shares in Bradford & Bingley - what should I do with them?
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Lidl Shares
I'd like to invest some money into LIDL. I believe they are owned by the Schwarz group, based in Germany. What would be the best way for me to invest from the UK?
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Investec High 5 - Referral (£50 or Ipod Shuffle Benefit)
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AXA Distribution bonds
In 1995 I invested £30000 in a distribution bond with AXA which I was told by my financial advisor was low risk. recently a phone call has revealed to me that it is now "adventurous" and since the beginning of October has lost £9000. Should I have been informed of the change in risk and is now the time to cash in????
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How can this be legal?
Hi all, this is my first post and I'm desperate for some advice please. A few weeks ago,I received a letter from Georgesons as I have moved and was being traced. I rang them and confirmed that I was the person they were looking for. They told me I had shares with Standard Life approx 400 and that if I wanted to sell them…
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Keeping it under the Mattress
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/rogerbootle/3658646/Heading-for-zero.html So when will the best time to putting savings under the matress? When the rate goes to 0% or get in before the rush, and start hiding it in the garden when is goes to 1%?
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Anyone managed to use their FSCS certificate yet?
Received my certificate on Saturday. Took it to Halifax in my lunch hour to get the money transferred out of a temporary Web Saver to a Fixed Rate ISA that's setup waiting for funds. Young girl obvisouly had no clue what to do. First of all told me I had to do it myself online! Managed to convince her that they needed to…
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Investing £55k
A friend of mine is looking at investing £55k but obviously what is happening in the markets is in two minds? I was telling him about this site and he asked for some ideas? All help appreciated...
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Rates and not telling us.
It should be made law, when Banks etc change their interest rates, that they should tell you.
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Barclays financial adviser: bad idea???
Hi everyone, Since my husband's death and grant of probate, Barclays have been 'encouraging' me to see their FA (wonders: FA = spawn of the devil??) I have already tied up most of money in fixed term a/cs, so not that much to go at now. Should I go, to get an overview/future strategy, or not touch it with a bargepole?…
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B&B internet saver-watch out !
B&B are being a little bit canny with their E savings rates. The latest one,issue 6 has info as follows,, http://www.bradford-bingley.co.uk/savings/esavings-issue6.asp Unfortunately if you already have an esavings account, they do not actually tell you in their login info what the rate is. I checked mine which i signed up…
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Where to put my money?
Hi, I have a small amount of money (just received back from Icesave) to put into an ISA. What is the best deal around at the moment? The savings rates look so much higher than the ISA rates. Is it still the best idea to put into an ISA? Thanks in advance for any help.
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Icesave Compensation: Anyone still waiting for money?
Hi folks, We are trying to work out how the Icesave compensation payouts are going. We've heard a lot of good news from people who have gotten their money, but i want to find out how many people haven't. If you are still waiting, it would be fantastic if you can reply to this thread letting me know what stage you are at…
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Where do I go now? My saving plan is ruined.
Hi I am a customer of Kaupthing and thanks to ING my money was saved. But thanks to these fcuking a*ses in power my saving rates how now been slashed. Excuse the language but I am seething with anger . I saved when they told people to save, I didn't borrow or get myself into large amounts of debt and I have a good credit…
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Stock Market daily predictor (FTSE)
Hi Does anyone know of a website/source of info that predicts the nexts days opening price trend for the FTSE ahead of time. I get a report from Central Markets but that arrives too late. Generally I use the closing Dow and Asian market prices for an idea but there are other factors involved and at the moment with a…
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Bradford & Bingley Internet Saver funding question
My question … Is it possible, has anyone, if they have their B & B account no. & sort code, to send money from a bank/bs to B & B that isn’t the account set up as the linked account? I know the procedure for transferring funds into B & B Internet Saver account is by requesting B & B to pull the money from my linked…
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HiSave/ICICI
Hi, Most of my savings are in UK so are safe (egg, cahoot and nationwide) but I have some in HiSave/ICICI. I had three questions, one is speculative really. 1) Is money safe in ICICI? 2) Is it covered by any compensation? 3) If not I guess it worth considering moving it?
