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Royal Mail Stock Holding – What to Do?
Having just sorted the National Grid rights issue situation I
now find I’m getting correspondence on the IDS (Royal Mail) acquisition proposal. Has any ‘small holding’ (less than 250) shareholders got a view on the way
forward or will this get accepted/rejected irrespective of what the lesser
shareholders decide?
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Big Nationwide Thank You
Looks like Nationwide are giving millions of their members a £50 bonus next month. https://www.nationwidemediacentre.co.uk/news/nationwide-pays-over-gbp-600m-to-members-as-a-big-thank-you-following-virgin-money-deal Seems to be unrelated to the Fairer Share Payment.
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List of UK gilts sorted by YTM?
Is there a website with a list of UK gilts, that can be sorted by YTM or GRY (yield to maturity or gross redemption yield). I want to buy some but it would take too long to work out each individually. Maybe someone made a spreadsheet?
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West Brom Savings account
I've just opened a new savings account. And just discovered all I need to login is a/c no, DOB and a 4 digit pin number. This seems far too lax on security. I really don't want to invest now.
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Getting Dividends and selling shares of a US company
Hello all, I hope you can help, or point me in the right direction. I am a very inexperienced shareholder. I inherited shares in DS Smith, which has recently been bought out by International Paper, a US Company. DS Smith and my shares have now disappeared from my share listing, but International Paper has not appeared in…
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MPC Policy Inflation Calculator
Anybody ever tried using this? https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator Out of curiosity I just checked what I used to pay for Council tax, gas, electricity, water, BB, & mobile in 2013 vs today. Same house, same stuff (i.e. I don't now pay for a more fancy mobile service or whatever)…
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St James Place contact
Everything is in place to leave SJP. Hand delivered instruction to a main (not partner) office and spoke to staff. No funds received. No acknowledgement or response from that office, complaints department or chief executive. Any suggestions on next step?
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Tandem fixed saving account - when does the interest payment come through?
I had some money in a one year fixed saver account with Tandem. The fix has come to an end. They asked what I’d like to happen to the money, so I asked for it to be put into my standard Tandem account. It matured this morning but while the original amount has appeared in my account, there is no interest on top. Is this…
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MasterCard payout
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c14kkjyrk20o "It is not necessary to have owned a Mastercard at any point to be eligible for compensation. Consumers are eligible to claim compensation if they lived in England, Wales or Northern Ireland for at least three months between June 1997 and June 2008, and bought goods or…
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Change of share registrar
Does anyone know if there are any rules/regulations on what happens to shareholder documentation when a company moves from one registrar to another? I've got shares in SSE, and until Dec 2023 the registrar was MUFG (Link Asset/Signalshares as was), so all my dividend notices and other financial info was there. After Dec…
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Hanley Economic Building Society BRANCH SAVER
Hi Just wondered if anyone who had applied for this by post has heard back yet and if so how long did it take to open? Many thanks
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Santander Edge Saving account.
Just discovered a quick hack for anyone with an Edge Savings Account with Santander. If you have had your account for over a year your interest rate will have dropped from 6% down to 4%. Here is the hack........Close the account and then open a new Edge Savings Account. This will boost your interest back up to 6% for…
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£1500 to invest
Hi All I have £1500 I can afford to invest mid to long
term, my bank NatWest has an `adventurous` fund I was thinking of going with,
and plan to fund it £50-100 p/m depending Is there any other options I could look at Well aware its peanuts to most! Thanks
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Sell or not Sell abrdn shares
Hi all i got free standard life shares when they changed from a mutual. I opted for the Drip method when I receive the 6 monthly dividend. I have approximately 7700 shares and receive approximately £500 in annual dividends. They seem to be stable dividends. My options either sell then now and receive approximately £7500 ,…
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Cahoot to Edge saver..
Would it be possible to fund a Edge saver from a Cahoot sunny day saver account?
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Royal London Short Term Money Market Fund Y Acc
I am thinking of putting a lump sum from a pension transfer into this whilst I trickle it into longer term investments over the next 6 months. I was wondering though whether the interest is calculated daily, monthly or another period, so for exmaple if I withdraw after a few weeks whether I will loose interest? I am trying…
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Demutualisation shares in 1990s/2000
Hi Getting to an age where it's time to get my affairs in order. Back in the 1990s/2000s I received a few demutualisation shares in Norwich Union, Standard Life and Woolwich which I still hold as Aviva, Abrdn and Barclays respectively. I can't find any documentation I will have received in respect of the demutualisations…
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Trading 212 Invest : Polite warning if holding only cash.
Like many, I have been holding a lot in cash in the Invest section to get a better interest rate. They're obviously getting wise to this and I got the following by email this morning Keep your benefits active Hi XXXXX XXXXXX We noticed you haven't traded for a while, yet you are still earning interest on your cash. We…
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New Moneybox account
Does anyone else see it as a massive red flag that moneybox require you to verify your identity before setting up your account .... by replying to an email with your passport photo!? I'm always skeptical starting a new job or signing up to things where they use a 3rd party "safe" provider for these things .. but this is…
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Capital gains tax pages in self assessment -questions on the calulation details required
I need to complete the capital gains pages in the self assessment for 24/25, so inputting the calculation details for each of the asset disposals I have made during the tax year. I have no CGT to pay but the disposals were > £50k so I still need to complete. My questions are: - I have made multiple purchases at various…
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