Savings Bonds
Nationwide increases rate on fixed rate ISA and bonds
Nationwide Building Society is increasing the rates on its one-year Fixed Rate Bond, e-Bond, Tracker Bond and Tracker e-Bond, and Fixed Rate ISA by up to 0.25%.
Skipton Building Society refreshes savings range
Skipton Building Society has announced a re-fresh of its existing savings range, introducing a suite of competitive rates and products to its customers.
Skipton launches new range of E-bonds
Skipton Building Society has launched a new range of online bonds, offering a variety of competitive rates for customers. The bonds have a full range of terms from 6 months to 5 years and offer up to 4.10% AER.
Providers battle it out for maturing NS&I fixed rate balances
Andrew Hagger of Moneynet.co.uk looks at the latest moves in the fixed rate savings market. At the end of October 2009, NS&I set the cat amongst the pigeons in the savings market when it launched a range of extremely competitive fixed rate bonds.
Northern Rock launches e-bond issue 2
Northern Rock has launched a new issue of its new e-bond account, providing a market leading interest rate for those savers who wish to operate their savings online.
New Fixed Rate Bond interest rates from AIB Isle of Man
AIB Isle of Man have launched the latest issues of their popular 12 and 6 month Fixed Rate Bonds.
Nationwide increases rates on Fixed Rate ISAs and Bonds
Nationwide Building Society is raising rates on selected Fixed Rate Bonds, Fixed Rate ISAs, e-Bonds, and Tracker Bonds by up to 0.50%. At the same time, the Society is also maintaining the parity between its cash ISA rates and the equivalent Bond rates, something which Nationwide has been doing since February 2010.
Barclays Wealth issues Regular Income Bond
Barclays Wealth has launched a Regular Income Bond for investors looking for a frequent, dependable level of income.
Northern Rock Ireland issues Direct Saver Fixed Rate Bond
Northern Rock Ireland has launched a new issue of its Direct Saver Fixed Rate Bond offering a fixed rate of 2.50% gross pa/AER** (or 2.50% gross/2.52% AER monthly) fixed until 15 December 2011.
Fourth 6 Year Growth Deposit Bond from Legal & General
The fourth plan in Legal & General's series of structured deposit bonds, 6 Year Growth Deposit Bond 4, is available to IFAs for a limited 10 week period from Monday 18 October to Friday 24 December 2010.
Post Office increases savings rates
The Post Office has increased the interest rate for its Online Saver account to 2.90% AER, putting it straight to the top of the Best Buy tables for easy access accounts. It has also launched a new issue of its one year Online Bond paying a Best Buy rate of 3.00% AER. Both deals are available immediately.
Nationwide Protected Equity Bond
Nationwide Building Society has introduced a new six-year Protected Equity Bond. The Protected Equity Bond is designed to return a customer's original investment at the end of the six-year period while, at the same time, offering a return linked to the performance of three of the world's leading stock market indices - the FTSE 100, EuroSTOXX and S&P 500.
Barnsley beats the competition with fixed rate bond
Barnsley Building Society has launched a new, highly competitive 3.05% gross/AER one-year fixed rate savings bond.
Market-leading rate for Northern Rock's one year fixed bond
Northern Rock has launched a new issue of its one-year fixed rate bond (FRB), maintaining a market-leading interest rate of 3.00% gross* p.a. With a minimum deposit of just £1, the account is available to open through Northern Rock branches or by post from today (Thursday, 14 October).
Managers maintain key positions in corporate bonds
With the potential prospect of a further narrowing of spreads, U.S. fixed income fund managers are maintaining their key positions in corporate bonds, including investment grade and high yield, said Standard & Poor's Fund Services in its latest sector update.