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News and comment

Welcome to your on-line financial newsletter. This service is regularly updated to bring you news of important developments in financial matters.

The news stories on this page have been written and produced by a third party and neither nor its representatives can be held responsible for the accuracy of the content/information contained within these stories.

Citywire Investment News

• James Montier: The 'Austerians' will destroy the recovery and usher in deflation
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:33:04 +0100
  The 'Austerians' could destroy an economic recovery and increase the likelihood of deflation, warns influential investor James Montier.
  

• Saints hikes divi and expects shareholder payouts to rise
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:10:40 +0100
  Manager of the Baillie Gifford trust Patrick Edwardson says as the global economic recovery picks up, so too will company profits and their payouts to shareholders. 
  

• Exeter IFA firm strikes outsourcing deal with Brooks Macdonald
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:54:27 +0100
  RK Shipman has entered into an agreement with Brooks Macdonald for the London based asset manager to run its clients' money.
  

• Push start from Fidelity helped Ocado get its flotation away
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:56:34 +0100
  Ocado had to rely on existing shareholders - and fund management group Fidelity in particular - to get its recent stock market flotation away.
  

BBC Business News

• Child Trust Fund payments to drop
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 02:01:02 +0000
  Babies born this weekend will be last in the UK to receive the full payment to Child Trust Funds, as the scheme's phasing out begins.
  

• Iran sanctions: Pressure on Dubai
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:53:18 +0000
  Ben Thompson looks at Dubai's role on the new frontline of sanctions on Iran.
  

• Tax credits and child trusts
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:25:49 +0000
  In this week's Your Money Sally Eden looks at tax credits and child trust funds.
  

• Power cuts cripple emirate of Sharjah
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:02:21 +0000
  Power cuts in the emirate of Sharjah have been causing a raft of problems for businesses, with whole districts having to be shut down.
  

Citywire Money, Tax and Property

• Mortgages: a tracker could save you money
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:01:00 +0100
  If economists' forecasts are right and the Base Rate is really set to remain at 0.5% until the end of 2013, then trackers look a much better bet than fixed rate mortgages.
  

• House prices: Nationwide reports first drop since February
  Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:24:53 +0100
  Nationwide has reported a 0.5% drop in the price of an average UK property, adding to evidence that prices are heading lower.
  

• House prices rise slightly in June
  Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:07:44 +0100
  Land Registry reports 0.1% rise in June following May?s slight fall. Figures come in contrast to other indices which are showing falling prices.
  

• Morning Line: interest rate rise or not, savers are unlikely to benefit
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:51:04 +0100
  Seldom have economists been so divided over when interest rates will rise. But whatever happens, it is unlikely that savers will benefit. 
  

Citywire News

• Welfare reform is an enormous task that must not be rushed
  Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:01:00 +0100
  The government needs to take great care in the important task it has set itself in overhauling the country's complex and costly benefits system.
  

• Divorce in the downturn: where to get advice
  Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:01:00 +0100
  The economic slump has made it even more difficult for warring couples to go their separate ways.
  

• Beware these five pitfalls when switching energy suppliers
  Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:01:00 +0100
  Switching energy suppliers can save you hundreds of pounds a year, but switch to the wrong deal and you could find you end up paying more.
  

• Saturday Papers: tips and comment
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0100
  Better hope the latest US GDP numbers are very wrong on the downside  
  

BBC News

• Child Trust Fund payments to drop
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 02:01:02 +0000
  Babies born this weekend will be last in the UK to receive the full payment to Child Trust Funds, as the scheme's phasing out begins.
  

• Tight security at Chelsea wedding
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 02:00:45 +0000
  The daughter of former US President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has married her long-term boyfriend at a lavish ceremony.
  

• Treaty enacted to ban cluster bombs
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 01:57:15 +0000
  An international treaty banning the production and use of cluster bombs has come into force.
  

• Farc call to new Colombian leader
  Sun, 1 Aug 2010 01:56:07 +0000
  Colombia's Farc rebel group issues a call for dialogue with the new government after Juan Manuel Santos's election as president.