Property snakes and ladders in the midweek money sections
Property was the main topic in mind this week and the Daily Express kicked things off by asking that age-old…
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Rating agencies have hardly covered themselves in glory in recent times. If last week is anything to go by, the stain on their reputation could grow significantly larger.
S&P, Moody’s and Fitch made a bold decision last week: they effectively banned the use of their ratings for new…
By Chris Duncan
Agricultural funds offer food for thought
Following National Savings & Investments’ withdrawal of its index-linked and fixed-interest savings certificates last week, savers have been left in…
Nucleus first platform to sign up to Options initiative
Nucleus, the IFA-owned and controlled wrap proposition, has become the first wrap platform to join Options, the insurance industry’s initiative…
The unsociable FSA's Dr Pepper moment
The Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) latest guidance (this link downloads a PDF of the guidance, by the way) on the…
On your marks, get set, clench – the Friday links buttock workout
Right then, for the uninitiated a bit of preamble on what this whole Friday links malarkey is all about. Pared…
NS&I accused of leaving savers high and dry
This week’s midweek money sections focused on the withdrawal of National Savings & Investments’ (NS&I) index-linked and fixed-rate tax-free saving…
Hurray, the compulsory annuity has been retired…
The annuity is dead (ok, not exactly dead but at least no longer compulsory) and as our stalwart pensions guru…
Bring me sunshine (and the Friday Links blog)…
If you haven’t had the pleasure yet, we’d like to introduce you to Messrs Friday and Links – just as…
Pinocchio meets the regulators… and it’s not looking pretty
‘Liar loans’ received a decent airing in the mid week money sections this week with warnings coming thick and fast.…
Brand Ucits: losing its lustre?
When is a Ucits fund no longer a Ucits fund? That is the question currently facing the European fund industry,…
By Chris Duncan
As Paul the psychic octopus announces his retirement today, MRM contemplates the future of his pension
In and amongst all the World Cup and psychic octopus hype this week, the government tried to make what the Sunday…