Monthly Archives: August 2014

Can I get a rewind?

Each Saturday as you start to unwind, we take a look back at the week that was. New research from NS&I showed women are more confused by financial jargon, in comparison to… Read More

Terry Venables launches football fund

Former professional footballer and England manager, Terry Venables, has co-launched a football fund with a goal of 12% returns for investors. The offshore investment fund will develop young footballers from Europe, Africa… Read More

Schroders launches QEP Global Emerging Markets Fund for UK investors

Schroders is launching an onshore version of the Schroder ISF1 QEP Global Emerging Markets in order to make the existing strategy more widely available to UK retail investors. The Schroder QEP Global Emerging Markets… Read More

IFA Pundit

This weekend, it’s another massive scoop 6 jackpot of around £2 million. Last weekend one ticket holder got down to the final race only for their horse to lose. I will tweet on… Read More

FCA says firms must do more to ensure financial promotions do not mislead

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found that some promotions for financial products are still falling short of its rules and firms need to do more to ensure that advertisements do not… Read More

Hootsuite set for investment

Social media management company Hootsuite Media Inc is close to securing an investment from Boston-based Fidelity Investments which could pave the way for an IPO. The Vancouver-based start-up has over 500 employees… Read More

New M&G Fixed Income Fund offers retail investors a fund for the next phase of the interest rate cycle

M&G Investments, a leading international investment manager, is to offer retail investors the opportunity to protect the value of their bond investments from rising interest rates by opening up a new market… Read More

Aston Property Ventures completes North East deal

Aston Property Ventures has completed a £2.35m deal with the acquisition of Redmond House in Peterlee. The 33,422 sq ft modern office building has been acquired on behalf of Castel Commercial Property… Read More

Financial jargon: a cause for confusion

Women are more confused by financial jargon, in comparison to their male counterparts – New research out today reveals that banks/building societies are at risk of bombarding customers with too much financial… Read More

New KPMG report calls for EU’s financial services regulatory reform to be urgently refined in the interests of economic growth and jobs

KPMG has today called for the European Union’s financial services regulatory reform agenda to be re-evaluated to avoid a serious risk to businesses, jobs and economic growth Report presented to the European… Read More