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ISA funds to weather volatile markets
As market volatility continues, Andy Parsons, head of investment research at The Share Centre, recommends three funds for the more risk averse ISA investor.
ISA investors missing out on AIM opportunities
As the 2011/12 ISA deadline approaches and investors seek investment opportunities Sheridan Admans, investment research manager at The Share Centre, discusses the benefits of investing in smaller companies.
BlackRock Americas Diversified Equity Absolute Return Fund
BlackRock has announced the BlackRock Strategic Funds (BSF) Americas Diversified Equity Absolute Return (ADEAR) Fund has been registered for sale in the UK.The BSF ADEAR Fund will be co-managed by Raffaele Savi, Managing Director and member of the BlackRock Scientific Active Equity (SAE) team, and Travis Cooke, Managing Director within the BlackRock SAE team.
Brits plan to deposit £33.3 billion into cash ISAs
British savers plan to deposit approximately £33.3 billion into cash ISAs before the end of the tax year, according to new research from Santander Savings.
The Inflation Rate ISA with a back-up plan
BM Savings has launched a new 3 and 5 Year Inflation Rate ISAs with an innovative twist that ensures savers never lose out: the deposit based ISAs use the annual inflation rate to calculate the interest rate they pay, but also come with a fixed rate of interest as back-up should inflation fall.
TD customers play Game Group
Stuart Welch, CEO, TD Direct Investing comments: "Game Group Plc (GMG) was a new entrant to our customer's most popular trades tables this week, taking 10th spot in the buys and eighth in the sells after its CEO announced plans on Monday (12 March) to put the company up for sale.
Competitive return on Yorkshire's latest two year savings bond
A new fixed rate savings bond from Yorkshire Building Society is offering savers a short term home for their money.
Know where your ISA goes
Since the economic downturn, savers have cared more about their banks' practices, and have flocked to ethical banks. Triodos Bank saw an increase of 71% in ISAs between April 2007 to May 2011, compared to an increase of 52% during the same period among the rest of the market.
Average Cash ISA subscriptions in Wales increase 38%
Cash ISA savers in Wales have been taking advantage of the higher limits, squirreling away an average £869 more this ISA tax-year than they did pre-credit crisis in the 2007/8 tax year.
ISA season hots up with a number of new launches
With the end of 2011/12 tax year less than a month away, savers are urged to make use of this year's ISA allowance, and check their current ISA rate, as a flurry of new launches means they may be able to get a better rate, according to MoneySupermarket.com.
Investment ideas for ISAs
With so many ISA options, Fidelity Worldwide Investment's Investment Solutions Group has some suggestions for ISAs:
8 ISA myths cleared up by Fidelity Worldwide Investment
1. ISAs are risky – FALSE: An ISA isn’t an investment, it is just a “wrapper” that money is kept in to protect it from the tax man. Other examples of wrappers are SIPPs and pensions.
Gold is now a speculative investment rather than a safe haven
Armstrong Investment Managers (AIM) highlights some of the results from a crossasset study on correlations and volatilities which raise alarm bells for large allocations to gold.
Halifax offers 80% cashback on annual management charges
Halifax Share Dealing has launched an exclusive fund discount delivering significant savings for investors. The offer comes at an opportune time for those looking to maximise this year's ISA allowance in a Funds ISA before tax year end.
Barclays Wealth launches new target growth plan
Barclays Wealth has launched a new Target Growth Plan which offers a maximum 21% return at maturity. This new Target Growth Plan is open to investment until 20th April 2012 and aims to offer an attractive return particularly set against the current low interest-rate environment.