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Saving accounts for grandchild
What are the options for me to open a savings account in the name of a grandchild?
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conveau
can any one advise my husband and i had a bradford and bingley online savings account, when it transfered to abbey we were still able to trace it but now it has totally gone, as we have been living abroad we are not sure what has happened there has been no comunication about this at all ???
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Newbie - which is the best way to save my money?
Hello, I apologise for my complete lack of knowledge with regards to saving. I have some money (a few thousand) in an instant access saving account which is currently at 1.25% gross pa/AER. I have not used any of an ISA allowance, so I assume that I should put the maximum amount allowed into that? I think maybe I should…
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Facebook Shares Yes/No?
Anyone going to buy into FB shares? Being in the UK will be able to buy them or not?
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interest
have a branch saver acc with santander ,opened 12 months ago today at a good interest rate, but it drops today to virtually nothing i asked for the interest to be paid annually so when will the interest go in does it go in today or tomorrow.as i need to move the money elsewhere
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Sell Some Units in 1 Tracker to Fund another
I'm currently considering selling £1K's worth of units in the one tracker I have to fund the purchase of another tracker to diversify my holdings across the UK and the USA. I will continue my £50 per month into the original tracker and start paying £50 per month into the new US one if I use the £1K to buy it. I can't make…
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Stock maket/share dealing testing
Planning to do the stocks however is there a real life live data site where i can sign up and play the stocks for real but with virtual money before i take the plunge?
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UK Savings, not a current UK tax payer: What do I do?
Hi all, I am relatively new to this but I have a query that I can not find an answer for. I currently live outside the UK in the Southern hemisphere and have no plans to come back in the next year or two, my problem is that I have a number of savings accounts that have now got 0.1% or similar stupidly low rates on them.…
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Authorised Signatory on cheques
I have recently received two printed cheques from two different organisations (M&G and Jupiter UT Managers) and two different banks (Nat West and RBS). The "Authorised Signatories" i.e. the main signatures on the cheques look as though they have been pre-printed. One is labelled "For and on behalf of M&G securities Ltd."…
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BG/SBLC Lease
Dear Sir/Ma, We lease Financial instrument such as BG/SBLC and MTN. If you are interested in our product and service please do contact me and i'll send our procedure to you. caktas27@gmail.com
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Missed the boat again!
Shawbrook Bank have just withdrawn their 2.5yr fixed term deposit at 4.35% yesterday apparently, just learned of this tonight when I was trying to apply for it. Missed out in December with another at 4.25% for 2yrs. my timing (bonds maturing ) is definitely out of kilter lately. In hindsight, a wonderful thing, I should…
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Financial Ombudsman claim
A few years ago I was sold supposedly safe property investments by a financial adviser. The investments have now had to be totally written off and I would like to explore making a claim to Financial Ombudsman. I know the basic process but i am interested to find out the best way to mount the claim and what pitfalls to…
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Level 2 on the stock exchange
Hi guys just wondered if anyone here uses Level 2 on the stock exchange. Does it help you with timing, is it worth it ? do you have any other tips for timing your entry points ? thanks.
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portifilo investments vs share dealing
Hello everyone I was just woundering if somebody could please explain the difference between portifilo investments and share dealing and which ones you think are better I am look for long term thank you in advance
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Best way to invest £100,000
Hi, I am in the very fortunate positon to have £100,000 to invest wisely! Is it sensible to invest in property (buying outright BTL)? (Local properties ar available at this value & would return £500 pcm) Paying off £100,000 of personal mortgage? Putting a lump sum into a pension (£50,000 this year £50,000 next) I would be…
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French Withholding Tax on Dividends
New poster but long time lurker. My husband has recently bought some shares in his company's share incentive plan. Although he works in the UK, the company is French based. He has now received a tax voucher which shows that a 25% French Withholding Tax has been deducted from the dividend payable. Reading around, it would…
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Selling US shares
I know that this topic has appeared before and I've looked at recommended websites but they all seem to want you to sign up as a regular "dealer" or "trader" whereas I just want a one-off sale of underperforming shares. Anyone got any suggestions?
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Halifax Fantasy Trader
How closely does this match their real trading site? I've been playing with this for a little while to get used to the process and decide whether to use Halifax for trading shares or someone else (although I don't know who that might be if I were to use someone else). So far it all seems easy enough but there are a few…
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Halifax Share Delaing: worthy of a complaint?
I've been investing over the last year with Halifax ShareBuilder at £1.50 per investment (now £2.00). I was planning on selling a stock yesterday, expecting to pay £5 as it was less than £250. Charge was £11.95, so didn't sell. Double checked this and the price list has now changed: £11.95 for all online sales. I checked…
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RBS Shares Worth Buying????
Thoughts please
