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Webcast: 5 investment mistakes to avoid in 2012
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Andrew Neligan is hosting a live webcast at midday this Thursday, talking about the five […]
Julia Docker
Dec 5, 20111 min read


Market numbers: Friday 2nd December 2011
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,552.29, up 62.95 points or +1.15% on […]
Julia Docker
Dec 3, 20111 min read


The buck stops here
When you receive investment advice from an authorised and regulated independent financial adviser (IFA) in the UK, you expect them […]
Julia Docker
Dec 2, 20112 min read


Managing risks
We are pleased to report this morning that Informed Choice chartered financial planner Nick Bamford has passed his CII Risk […]
Julia Docker
Dec 2, 20112 min read


QE on steroids
Central banks around the world have announced a co-ordinated programme designed to improve liquidity and ease troubled financial markets. The […]
Julia Docker
Nov 30, 20111 min read


The death of toxic death bonds
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has issued guidance warning about the risks of traded life policy investments. These investments, which […]
Julia Docker
Nov 28, 20112 min read


Market numbers: Friday 25th November 2011
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,164.65, up 37.08 points or +0.72% on […]
Julia Docker
Nov 25, 20111 min read


What is your IFA trying to sell you?
One of our trade publications carried a story this week about a local IFA firm where the directors had also […]
Julia Docker
Nov 22, 20112 min read


Market numbers: Friday 18th November 2011
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,362.94, down 60.20 points or -1.11% on […]
Julia Docker
Nov 18, 20111 min read


Bad advice from banks
New research from Which? has found that only 13% of banks give suitable investment advice. The study found that banks […]
Julia Docker
Nov 16, 20112 min read


Market numbers: Friday 11th November 2011
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,545.38, up 100.56 points or +1.85% on […]
Julia Docker
Nov 11, 20111 min read


Too big to save?
The eurozone debt crisis continues to rumble along, with Italy now the main focus of concern. Italy has a record […]
Julia Docker
Nov 10, 20112 min read


Is Green Oil ever a good investment?
I noticed recently that one of my followers on Twitter was expressing an interest in using his pension fund to […]
Julia Docker
Nov 8, 20113 min read


An investment case study
Robert and Penny have had some historically poor experiences of investing their money. Their previous adviser was very keen on […]
Julia Docker
Nov 7, 20112 min read


Market numbers: Friday 4th November 2011
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,527.16, down 18.48 points or -0.33% on […]
Julia Docker
Nov 4, 20111 min read


A tough quarter for investment portfolios
New figures from Asset Risk Consultants (ARC) show that investors experienced a tough three months in the third quarter of […]
Julia Docker
Nov 4, 20112 min read


Changes to National Savings
National Savings & Investments (NS&I) have announced a series of changes to their product range, in an attempt to deliver […]
Julia Docker
Nov 3, 20111 min read


Getting tough on structured products
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published new guidance for firms on the development of structured investment products. This guidance […]
Julia Docker
Nov 2, 20112 min read


Greece, UK GDP & house prices
Global stock markets are sinking lower this morning as a result of more uncertainty in the eurozone. The market falls […]
Julia Docker
Nov 1, 20112 min read


Market numbers: Friday 28th October 2011
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,702.24, down 11.58 points or -0.20% on […]
Julia Docker
Oct 28, 20111 min read
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