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Post Office launches new inflation linked bond

The Post Office has announced the expansion of its savings range with the launch of a new five year Inflation Linked Bond offering savers the opportunity of a market-leading return.

Tesco Bank Retail Bond smashes expectations

Tesco Bank has closed its first retail bond, raising £125 million, with demand from thousands of investors smashing expectations. This is the highest amount raised by a pure retail bond since the launch of the Order Book for Retail Bonds (ORB) by the London Stock Exchange in February 2010.

Deserved 'A' for Dynamic Distribution Fund

Standard Life Investments, the global fund manager, announced that its Dynamic Distribution Fund is celebrating its fifth anniversary with news that it has retained an A-rating from Standard & Poor's.

Barclays five-year fixed rate bond pays up to 4.75%

With demand growing for savings that offer guarantees and security, Barclays has launched a ‘top of class' five-year fixed rate bond paying up to 4.75 per cent.

N&P increases interest rate on Five Year Fixed Rate Cash ISA

N&P (Norwich and Peterborough Building Society) is increasing the interest rate on its Five Year Fixed Rate Cash ISA by 0.25% today, Friday 18 February 2011, the Society announced.

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 422), and 3.60% gross*/AER** pa over three years (Issue 423).

Northern Rock Ireland issues new Direct Saver Fixed Rate Bond

Northern Rock Ireland has today (18 February) launched a new issue of its Direct Saver Fixed Rate Bond offering a fixed rate of 3.00% gross*/AER** pa/2.25% pa NET*** (or 2.75% gross*/2.78% AER** monthly) fixed until 15 April 2012.

TD customers move to medical

Darren Hepworth, Trading and Customer Services Director, TD Waterhouse comments: "TD customers appeared to be looking to new investment opportunities in the week ending February 15.

Nationwide refreshes fixed rate ISA range

Nationwide Building Society has made a number of improvements to its Fixed Rate ISA range. At the same time, the rates on these products will continue Nationwide's promise to ensure that its Fixed Rate ISA rates will match or beat its equivalent savings Bond rates.

S&P assigns rating to the FF&P World Equities Fund

Standard & Poor's Fund Services announced that it has assigned an A fund management rating to the FF&P World Equities Fund.

Barnsley E- ISA offers 3.2 per cent

Barnsley Building Society has launched an excellent new fixed-rate E-ISA offering customers a market leading rate to ensure a maximum return on their savings.

Standard Life makes ISA investment easy

Standard Life has launched a new online Stocks and Shares ISA, available via standardlife.co.uk, aimed at simplifying investment options for people who want to manage their ISA investments online but aren't sure what funds to choose.

HSBC launches MSCI South Africa ETF in Europe

HSBC has added to its range of ETFs with the launch of the HSBC MSCI South Africa ETF which comes with a market leading Total Expense Ratio (TER) of just 0.60%.

Record profits for BHP Billiton

This morning, BHP Billiton announced half year pre tax profits of $14.1bn. Nick Raynor, investment adviser at The Share Centre, explains what this means for investors.

Investors cite inflation as biggest threat to wealth

New research from online stockbroker and fund supermarket Interactive Investor shows that ISA investors are most haunted by the spectre of inflation, with over half of investors (53%) saying that inflation is the single biggest threat to their wealth over the next 12 months.