Structured investment products, a perennial favourite of the banks, are in the spotlight again after the FSA fined Santander for […]

The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,905.07, up 19.69 points or +0.33% on […]

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) believes that the UK will avoid a double-dip recession this year, with modest GDP […]

Risk, what a lovely word that is? I am being a little sarcastic; risk to most people is not a […]

The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,852.39, down 43.08 points or -0.73% on […]

Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford was quoted in the Sunday Times this weekend, in an article about cutting […]

The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,901.07, up 105.00 points or +1.81% on […]

A report in Investment Week today suggests that some fund managers are ‘shorting’ gilts in expectation of an extreme correction. […]

How can a company with estimated profits of $335m to $1bn possibly attract a market valuation of $100bn? That is […]

The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,733.45, down 61.75 points or -1.07% on […]

It has become increasingly popular to ‘bash’ active fund management in recent years, with advocates of ‘passive’ investing being particularly […]

The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.2% in the […]

The new Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which is replacing the Financial Services Authority (FSA), plans to use its powers to […]

The subject of excessive executive pay is a hot political topic currently, with politicians from each party striving to score […]

Since the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008, income investors in the UK have been under particular pressure […]

The latest data from Capita Registrars shows that 2011 was a record year for dividend payouts from UK companies. A […]

The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,728.55, down 12.60 points or -0.22% on […]

Diversification is a very important investment principle, used to manage risks within an investment portfolio whilst still achieving desired returns. […]

Here at Informed Choice, we run a series of three core model investment portfolios. Whilst these are not suitable for […]

Influential think-tank the Ernst & Young ITEM Club believes the UK economy may already have fallen back into recession. They […]