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Lloyds announces equity placing
According to the FT; ''Under the terms of the share placing, existing shareholders will be able to subscribe 0.6213 new shares for every share they currently hold. The new shares will be priced at 38.43p, a 57 per cent discount to Friday’s closing price'' I wouldn't be too surprised if this rights issue becomes fully…
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Help needed to set up savings for 3 people
Hi all of you out there. My 2 sisters and I need to set up a savings account in trust for my father, since my mother left this money to be used by him until his death. We can't as yet find an account that will let us do this the problem being that there are 3 of us, not a couple which most accounts allow for. Any ideas?…
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Natwest Closed My Account!
Today I went to use my Natwest debit card and found it was no longer 'active'. Went into the branch and they said they didn't know why but I'd get a letter in a few days. All I can think of is that as a freelance illustrator I sometimes get small payments from abroad direct to my account. Recently I've had a few 100 from…
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share consolidation.
I hold shares in a company, they have just announced that they intend to implement a share consolidation, basically a 5 for 1 swop. Has anyone any experience of share consolidations - short/long term? Thanks for any help.
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Lloyds Shares - will quantity increase again?
Sorry if this has been asked before - had a look but although lots on lloyds shares I could not see this question. My husband was given 100 lloyds tsb shares years ago and instead of taking the cash rewards he opted to have the profit used each quarter to buy more shares instead. He received a statement yesterday saying he…
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Premium Bonds - NUMBER 10 Petition
As bond-holders are investing their money with the British Government in a recession, their chances of winning should be increased greatly. Join the number 10 petition. As I am a new USER I cannot post links so just type in petitionsdotnumber10dotgovdotuk/premiumbonds2009* *This aint spamming as this is an official…
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Confused over 10% Halifax childs regular savings
Hi all, i have had this halifax regular saver for my daughter for 4 years now (matures every march). Now i was told by Halifax that as i opened on the 10% interest then this would continue. We have put aside £100 per month (maximum amount). Now i just checked the online account and for the last 2 years we have saved: April…
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ISf or others similar
hi i am looking for shares i can trade like the Ishares ftse 100 is there any more like that i can buy from selftrade that will follow the ftse 100 plus give dividends thanks
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Looking to take the plunge into more risky investments
Hi I have around £4,000 to my name. I'm looking to invest about £1,000 (money I can afford to lose) initially and then more as I save. I've read the Dummie Guide to Stock investing but rather than buy individual shares initially it seems sensible to go for a more "diversified" investment. My uncle has very kindly given me…
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8% interest from HSBC regular saver/ current account
Just thought I'd post on this before I forget. Sounds like a very good offer http://www.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/personal/savings/regular-saver
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Financial advice for new married couple?
Hey guys, Just recently got married and was wondering If anyone could help us out regarding our finances. I currently have a standard Abbey account and the wife has a Natwest. I was hoping to do the following: *Open up a joint account *Have both our wages placed into this account *Have all our bills debited from this new…
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Hargreaves & Lansdowne Junk mail nuiscance
Just to make it clear, I generally like H&L and it is good that if you phone the help desk you go straight through to an intelligent clued up human being and you dont have those awful "Press1 for" etc. However my gripe with H&L is that they love sending you so much junk. Just after i started an account with them a year…
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Icesave fixed bond near maturity
Can anyone advise what is supposed to happen when a fixed savings with the now defunct Icesave matures? Does the FSCS send out a cheque automatically - or do they email and ask where you want the money to go?
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books
right, well.. been arsing about long enough.. can i please have some suggestions on decent books to read on investing / financial planning - and yes, i know it cant pick investments for me, but i'd like to know more before (if) i start anything. thanks in advance for your suggestions!
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Member Bond not issued- lost interest help!?
Hi I THINK I am in the correct place to ask this question, but if I am not, please forgive me. background to my question is this; I invested a small -ish amount of money (5K) in a member bond with a fixed rate interest rate for 2 years in 1999 upon maturity, the BS contacted me with details of a further investment bond for…
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Guide to investment terminology. BRILLIANT
I was looking up a definition for wealth management and found this brilliant guide http://languageofinvesting.com/home :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
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where would you put £73,ooo today?
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Shares and capital gains tax
Very quick question. I have just taken a new role and I have purchased a small amount of "ordinary" shares in the company for 1p per share. Am I right in thinking that, should I still be employed at the time of sale, the only tax I will incur on the sale of these shares would be CGT at 18%? I realised questions like this…
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Coming soon - 8% net ?
I thought that may have grabbed your attention. Had to pop into town this morning to do a bit of housekeeping, passbook updates, closures etc. and in one institution I was sounded out concerning a soon to be issued new a/c. First the bad news, it is index linked and the index in question is the Footsie. I am aware of the…
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Safe Havens
Hi, I have an ISA with the Halifax that is in a variety of stockmarket funds such as UK Growth. Having benefited from the recent rally I am now concerned about the possibility of a downturn. I want access to the funds in about 5 years and am very cautious. My question is do I cancel it and convert to cash? Move the money…