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Inflation figures damp hopes of ease on lending
Borrowers should brace themselves for yet more increases to mortgage rates as the latest jump in inflation and a bleak economic picture renew the pressure on lenders.
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Tax relief on pensions boosted
This week's mini-Budget has pushed 150,000 people into the 40 per cent tax band, with some unintended consequences
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Investors eye the resources and stability of Russia
Fund managers and analysts are beginning to sound a note of unanimity that Russia will become the growth story of 2008
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Analysts say sell B&B
Shareholders in Bradford & Bingley are being advised to sell their shares before or after the £300m rights issue announced this week
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Over-cautious face shortfall
Pension investors who have moved from equities into cash to protect their portfolios against volatile stock markets may be in danger of seeing their income run dry in retirement.
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Traded endowment policies bounce back in favour
Buying traded endowment policies, or Teps, on the second-hand market is in fashion again as investors seek out stable returns amid the market downturn.
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Zero spreads for first-time traders
Private investors can spread bet on the FTSE 100 at no cost ? and limit their risk with free guaranteed stop-losses
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Borrowers face higher rates and lower limits
Banks and credit card companies are shying away from riskier customers by lifting rates and lowering credit limits ? adding to borrowers' woes after the Bank of England decided not to cut the base rate this week.
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Free euro bank transfers
Citibank UK, part of the world's biggest bank, is offering its customers fee-free euro transfers and payments to third-party accounts across Europe.
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Caught between taxman and charges
Advisers are urging clients to switch out of insurance bonds. But moving because of tax changescould cost over the short term
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Variable rate lending curbs
Banks and building societies are continuing to introduce measures to prevent customers from taking out standard variable rate (SVR) mortgages.
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Make it less of a blow when you're told to go
With 40,000 jobs being cut in the City, employees are being advised to scrutinise their contracts, and negotiate the best package possible
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Investors boldly return to battered sectors in equities
Investors appear to be regaining their appetites and buying equities again, believing that the darkest days of the market downturn are over.
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Trusts still have a useful role to play
There has debate over the future of discretionary will trusts, now that inheritance tax allowances can be transferred between married couples and civil partners. But some advisers say they still have their uses
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Savers urged to lock in now to high-rate deals
With fixed-rate savings rates having broken through the 7 per cent watershed again, savers can also lock in to higher returns that will protect against further interest-rate cuts.
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From The Financial Times
