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Savvy or sorry? What type of ISA saver are you?
Fair Investment Company's savings analyst Julie Smith helps you discover if you are a savvy saver or a sorry saver and points out some leading ISA deals available through fairinvestment.co.uk:
Lloyds TSB launches 5.5 per cent bond for retail investors
Lloyds TSB Bank plc has launched a market leading, fixed rate corporate bond for retail investors. Following the success of the Group's first bond for retail investors in June 2010, the new Lloyds TSB Bank plc bond offers a fixed rate of 5.5 per cent per annum with a semi annual coupon.
Diversifying your ISA with funds
Andy Parsons, advice team manager at The Share Centre, suggests three funds from The Share Centre's Platinum 120 for investors seeking to diversify their ISA with funds in 2011.
Barclays Stockbrokers launches RBS UK 10% autocall
Barclays Stockbrokers has announced the launch of a new structured product - the RBS UK 10% Autocall issued by Royal Bank of Scotland plc. The product is available exclusively to Barclays Stockbrokers clients until 17 March 2011.
Highbridge launches Diversified Commodities Fund
Highbridge Capital Management, the alternatives investment management arm of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, has launched the Highbridge Diversified Commodities Fund offering investors access to commodities futures in a UCITs III format, the first of its kind.
Sixth plan in 6 Year Growth Deposit Bond series from L&G
Legal & General has launched the sixth plan in its series of structured deposit bonds. 6 Year Growth Deposit Bond 6 is a six year fixed term deposit that offers investors a minimum return of 15 per cent at maturity or an upside potential of 100% of any capital growth (subject to averaging) in the FTSE 100 Index, up to a maximum of 50% of their original investment, which ever is greater.
Precious metals are 2010's top performing asset
Precious metals were the best performing asset class for the second successive year and the fourth time in the past five years, according to new research by Lloyds TSB.
China - is the party over for investors?
Standard Life Investments, a leading investment house, predicts that inflationary pressures in China will create difficult decisions for policy makers inside and outside the country.
Barclays reveals half of client ETF holdings are in ISAs
Barclays Stockbrokers found that since January 2009, the number of clients holding ETFs within an ISA has increased by 91%, and by 40% year on year. The number of SIPP accounts holding ETFs has increased 45% year on year.
Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust raises dividend
Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust (FCIT), the world's oldest collective investment fund, has increased its dividend to investors for the 40th year in a row, it reveals in its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2010, released to the London Stock Exchange today.
Northern Rock launches competitive fixed rate e-ISAs
Northern Rock is launching three new issues of its of new online ISA to complement its competitive portfolio of branch, postal and online savings accounts.
Northern Rock launches new range of fixed rate savings bonds
For customers looking to invest their savings over a shorter period, Northern Rock has launched two new issues of its fixed rate bond (FRB) with competitive interest rates of 2.90% gross*/AER** pa over one year (Issue 424), and 3.60% gross*/AER** pa over three years (Issue 425).
The quarter of a million pound question - have you used your ISA?
A couple who have both invested their full ISA allowance since the tax-efficient savings vehicles were launched in 1999 could have a nest egg of more than a quarter of a million pounds, according to research from Fair Investment Company.
BM Savings increases fixed rate on Inflation Rate Bond
BM Savings have increased the fixed rate of interest savers will receive in the Inflation Rate Bond with immediate effect from 0.25% AER/Gross to 1.50% AER/Gross. This fixed rate is paid in addition to the January Annual Inflation Rate (Retail Prices Index).
Cater Allen launches new structured product
Cater Allen Private Bank, part of the Santander Group, has added an attractive new deposit-based product to its range of capital protected structured solutions.