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Leeds Building Society launches New TESSA ISA product range

Leeds Building Society has today launched a range of fixed rate tax-free TESSA ISA products, for 1, 2 or 3 years.

Alliance & Leicester increases rate on Premier ISA

From Wednesday 7 March, Alliance & Leicester’s Premier ISA account will pay a market leading 8.10% pa gross/AER. The ISA is available to customers opening an Alliance & Leicester Premier current account and will be available for a limited period only.

Abbey launches new direct cash mini ISA

Abbey today launches a new mini cash ISA account paying 5.50% tax free/AER on balances from £1. The account offers a market-leading rate of 5.75% tax free/AER for balances over £9,000.

Abbey launches new super ISA

Today, Abbey launches its new Super ISA. The Super ISA is a cash mini-ISA and offers eight per cent AER tax-free until 1 May 2008 if customers put an equal amount or more into Abbey’s tax efficient Guaranteed Growth Plan.

Scarborough takes ISA season by storm with account paying 6.10%

Scarborough Building Society is rewarding savers this Spring by launching an ISA account offering a market-leading 6.10%.

JPMorgan Asset Management encourages tax-efficient investments

In a bid to encourage investors to take advantage of tax-efficient investment measures, JPMorgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has announced that it is offering free ISA and PEP transfers and is waiving transaction charges on all investments over £1,000 into any of its JPMorgan Investment Trust ISAs.

Invesco Perpetual offers 2% discount on ISA investments, PEP and ISA transfers

Invesco Perpetual, PEP and ISA provider, will continue its current two per cent discount on the five per cent initial sales charge for all new ISA investments and PEP and ISA transfers. This includes ISA monthly savings and phased investment options.

ISA investors stung by nearly 3 per cent stock transfer costs

Alliance Trust calls on Treasury to remove sale and buy-back requirement and to allow in specie transfers.

“ISA blindness” means many could lose out on tax advantages

Confusion about Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) and their benefits is preventing many people from making the most of their annual tax-free savings allowance, according to research from FTSE 100 life and pensions company Friends Provident.

Rising rates and turbulent markets keep industry guessing on ISA season

With just over a month to go before the end of the 2006 / 7 tax year, it is crunch time for investors to decide whether to "use" or "lose" their £7000 annual tax free Individual Savings Account (ISA) allowance according F&C Investments.

Fidelity International launches PEP and ISA withdrawal facility

ISA and Pep investors can now take a regular “income” from their funds without forfeiting any of the tax benefits following Fidelity International’s extension of its withdrawal facility to these tax-efficient plans.

Leeds Building Society launches new tax free ISA product range

Leeds Building Society has launched a range of fixed rate tax-free ISA products, for 1,2 or 3 years.

Bradford & Bingley launches best buy one-year mini cash ISA

Bradford & Bingley has launched a one-year mini cash ISA with a fixed interest rate of 5.90% tax free p.a./AER, to help savers make the most of their tax-free savings allowance before the current tax year ends on 5 April.

ISA savers to press the green button on ethical investing

Would-be ISA savers are set to trigger a rise in ethical investing according to recent research from Co-operative Financial Services (CFS).

AIC publishes investment company ISA offers

At a time when creeping charges are increasingly under the spotlight, the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has collated information on ISA offers from member investment companies and their managers, covering more than 70 individual investment companies.