Monthly Archives: September 2014

Virgin Money launches new six-year fixed rate mortgages

Virgin Money is launching two new mortgages, offering customers a six-year fixed rate at the same attractive price as is currently available on its five-year fixed rate mortgages. The products are available… Read More

Circle Squared Alternative Investments and The Hampshire Companies Team Up to Offer Direct Real Estate Investment Strategies to High Net Worth Investors

Circle Squared Alternative Investments, a firm devoted to providing high net worth investors and their advisers with access to a suite of non-traditional alternative investment products, today announced a strategic partnership with… Read More

Gross mortgage lending £18.6 billion in August, says CML

The Council of Mortgage Lenders estimates that gross mortgage lending reached £18.6 billion in August. This is 5% lower than July (£19.7 billion) but 13% higher than August last year (£16.4 billion)… Read More

Artemis launches three new US equity funds

Artemis is pleased to open today the offer period for its three, new US OEIC funds. The offer period will run until today, Monday 22 September, and until then shares in the… Read More

Investec Soccer League hailed a success

The annual finals of the Investec Soccer League saw the starting 20 schools knocked down to the final four at the University of Johannesburg, Soweto Campus. With all four schools receiving prize… Read More

News in Numbers

Can I get a rewind?

Each Saturday as you start to unwind, we take a look back at the week that’s been. As Scotland decided its future, our editor, Harvey Jones looked at what the vote would… Read More

IFA Pundit

Now we know the outcome of the Scottish referendum results, all attention in Scotland now turns to a great days racing at Ayr. With all the races having big fields it makes… Read More

Cash reserves of EMEA’s listed companies hit new high – but ‘pivot point’ will herald wave of investment

Listed companies in EMEA have almost €1tn in cash, up from €714bn in 2007 59% of major businesses in this region will invest in the next 12 months Training and development is… Read More

Snakes and ladders – a ladder

Lucent Strategic Land – this mandate commenced operations in September 2010 with the investment objective of providing capital gains in excess of 12% per annum through a targeted program of investment into… Read More