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Santander Online Banking down??
Hi all, Haven’t been able to get through by phone yet either, anyone else having problems logging on? I’ve been trying since 8am today – browser says “Problem loading page..”
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Coventry telephone saver
I really must learn to read the small print, have just had a deposit returned from coventry as not allowed to put anymore money into my account after 31/10 luckily opened a santander one at the same time so hopefully they will accept it
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ISA transfer interest
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Where to invest?
Hello all. I'm looking for some investment advice please. Current Situation £30K of BT shares, held in Equiniti sharedealing account. £10K in Santander ISAs £10K in BT shares in a Save As You Earn scheme. These are still within their taxable period, so I don't want to touch them yet. Concerns: Way to much exposure to one…
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Invesco Perpetual -invested direct with fund manager - ? change to fund supermarket?a
I inherited some units in the Invesco Perpetual Income Inc Fund - they are now worth about £20,000. They have now been transferred to my name but I'm wondering whether it would be cheaper for me (ie pay less commission yearly) if I sell the ones I hold direct with the fund manager and buy them back via a fund supermarket.…
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I have £400 to put away a month
where should I put it? Can anyone recommend a particularly good account? Or any other ideas?
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Are Barclays and RBS bond safe?
I invested part of my savings in RBS and Barclays bonds in eur: RBS 09/14 TV BARCLAYS LUG14 FL RATE BARCLAYS LUG14 INFL MULT can you help me to understand risk involved? shall I sell them?
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Shares v Funds
I am pretty sure I know what I am doing with shares etc for my investments, however I am now looking to spread my risk with a few funds, questions is how do they work? Are they the same as shares paying dividends of some sort, or do they just go on the value of fund increasing or decreasing?
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Post office savings for direct debit requirements
Right, now as i made a right pigs ear of the tesco savings one where i opened up 6 accounts for the 6 required direct debits, i don't want to make the same mistake twice & while this may be something simple, i'm going to go ahead & ask anyway. The tesco online banking system confused me which partly lead to the problem.…
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Very old lady in need of funds....
....which would you liquidate first? 89-year-old living in sheltered housing (i.e., pays rent etc.) is running out of capital. The only income is UK state pension. My husband with Power of Attorney is the person who actually executes any financial matters. She is in a poor state of health. She's not in the UK. She leaves…
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Premium Bond Tracing Service
I purchased some premium bonds about 10-12 years ago but lost the certificates around 7-8 years ago due to moving, etc. Two weeks ago i sent off the form with all my details for the premium bond tracing service so i can track down my savings and get replacement certificates however it's been over two weeks now and i still…
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Can do better?
We've £22k in a santander e-saver earning 3.2% until the bonus runs out in 6 months. Is this the best we can do while keeping the sum in one account, ie. not splitting between multiple ltsb vantage accounts? We do not need instant access and would be happy with a 30 day notice account but no more than that. Half of the…
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best place to saving 50k+
I have 50k+ from an uncle, I talked to principality, the suggest to place money long term 5-10 yrs in medium risk investment. But the yearly charges are 1.5% this is with AVIVA, does anyone has experience with AVIVA, is there a better option? Thank you wait for advice. firs time:) I am in this situation!:cool:
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US election-Investment opportunity?
I was looking at the impact of the US election. I concluded that if Obama wins there will be a slight positive reaction based on stability and if Romney wins there will be a lesser positive reaction while everyone awaits to see his plan! But I am interested in seeing how big political changes influence markets. Anyone care…
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how to help my daughter
Hi my ex-partner is in a low paid job and at the moment I am out of work on ESA suffering with heart problems. Her employer has just paid her a rather large sum of money after a long court case. She wants to invest £5000 for our 13yr old daughter, she is thinking about when our daughter goes to university. We do not really…
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Advice re large lump sum
I have received a (very unexpected and gobsmackingly large) inheritance of approx £32,000 (it's $50,000 but I haven't had it converted yet, OH said to wait until after the election as the US$ will strengthen? And I only got cheque yesterday as well!) Given that OH and I had just made an appointment with a mortgage advisor…
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How to buy stock market shares...HELP
Hi I am new to all this and would like to know how I can invest my money into stock market shares?? I don't understand what all this means ftse 100, dax, goog etc and what the plus and minus figures next to these mean. Can someone please kindly explain all this to me and also how and where to we buy and sell the shares…
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Is £18,080.49 alot at 21 years old?
In saving I also bought my sister a car for 6k?
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Retirment investment
I have £40k to invest, needs to be low risk, however I have no idea what or how
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best savings account?
Currently have £5k in savings which I'm adding £100 a month to. What's the best account I can get at the moment to gain the most interest? It's for my daughter so don't have to pay tax. Thanks in advance.
