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Wealthy start buying super yachts again and fractional ownership options becomes more popular

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Alternative Investments
Written by Ray Clancy   
Friday, 12 March 2010 09:19
Wealthy investors are buying super yachts again and even those who can’t afford to buy them are indulging in the increasingly popular option of fractional ownership.
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UK equities facing a challenging year, according to analysts

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Banking
Written by Ray Clancy   
Thursday, 11 March 2010 09:25
UK equities are facing a tricky year due to the frailty of the economic recovery, high government debt levels and a rise in the cost of capital across the private sector, it is claimed.
 
Last year UK equity investors were rewarded almost regardless of which part of the market they placed their money as equities staged a broad based recovery from March onwards following the heavy sell off due to the credit crunch, according to the latest investment briefing from Legal & General Investment Management.
 
But the company’s equity strategist Georgina Taylor says that 2010 is likely to be a far trickier year for UK equity investors than 2009 with equity gains for the market as a whole likely to be far more modest.
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Investors are nervous of moving away from cash assets despite low interest rates, a new report claims

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Savings
Written by Ray Clancy   
Thursday, 11 March 2010 09:17

A quarter of investors are planning to stick to cash investments despite low interest rates with many too nervous of the current climate to change, according to a new report.

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Private banks and wealth managers need to more to protect personal data via their public websites, research suggests

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Banking
Written by Jade Stewart   
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 09:18
The majority of private banks and wealth managers show little regard for the protection of personal data on their public websites, according to a new survey.
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Commercial property funds tipped to provide 25% return over three years

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Property
Written by Ray Clancy   
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 09:10
Commercial property could provide investors with a handsome 25% return over three years, it is claimed.
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UK holds talks to try to fend off EU plan for tighter regulation of hedge fund industry

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Politics
Written by Ray Clancy   
Friday, 12 March 2010 09:18
Britain will try to secure a compromise deal over the tighter regulatory controls of hedge funds at a meeting in London today between Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Signs of revival in mortgage market according to latest independent index

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Property
Written by Ray Clancy   
Thursday, 11 March 2010 09:21
A revival in the remortgage market and a stabilisation of fixed rate take up is taking place but it is still too early to be confident, according to the latest analysis from independent brokers John Charcol.
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Weak exports and gloomy credit agency assessment put Sterling under more pressure

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Funds
Written by Ray Clancy   
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 09:19
Surprisingly weak export figures and credit rating agency’s poor assessment of UK economic outlook combined yesterday to undermine Sterling.
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Benefits of ISAs trundled out as allowance season gets into full swing

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Savings
Written by Ray Clancy   
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 09:15
Basic rate UK taxpayers who have used their cash ISA allowance every year since launch are £3,000 better off, it is claimed. While higher rate taxpayers have saved over £5,500 in tax by using their cash ISA allowance. 
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Investors expect to increase their allocation to UK commercial property as values rise

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Property
Written by Ray Clancy   
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 09:27

More than nine in 10 real estate investors plan to either maintain or increase allocation to UK commercial property in 2010 as they expect values to stabilise or rise over the year, according to a new survey.
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