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SFO Investigates £120 Million Legal Fund Collapse
Collapsed investment fund Axiom Legal Financing is facing an investigation by fraud detectives. The £120 million fund promised investors 11% a year returns on their cash but failed to deliver and was...
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Billionaire Buffett Tells Investors To Go For Trackers
When billionaire Warren Buffett offers financial advice, most wise investors take the time to stop and listen. That’s why he’s announcement that when he dies, his vast fortune will go into a tracker...
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Prime The Pump With Oil Stocks Set To Gush Profits
Pumping up an investment portfolio with ‘cheapish’ oil stocks could lead to gushing profits, says one industry expert. Jupiter Absolute return fund manager James Clunie expects up to a 50% return...
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What Does Ethical Really Mean For Investors?
Investors are keen to buy in to ethical funds and companies but feel they do not have enough information to make their investment decisions, according to new research. Around two-thirds of investors...
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Fraudsters Scam Investors Out Of £1.2 Billion A Year
Fraudsters are scamming investors out of more than £1.2 billion a year, according to consumer watchdogs the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The average victim loses £20,000 to crooked investment...
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New ISA Rules Let Savers Make Money From Lending
Savers are going to be handed the chance to boost their ISA pots by lending money without paying any tax on the interest they earn. Chancellor George Osborne seems not content with overhauling...
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How To Clean Up Those Dirty Funds
Choosing a good stock or fund is tough enough for most armchair investors – but grappling with financial jargon makes the job even harder. For instance, you need to know the difference between and...
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Advisers Pay £1.6m For Breaking Commission Rules
Britain’s largest network of financial advisers has been fined £1,598,000 for charging providers for including products in their approved product selections. The fine would have been £2.28 million, but...
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Buy To Let Cars Give Drivers A New Lease Of Life
Investors looking to drive up their returns are being offered to ‘buy to let’ cars for drivers with poor credit histories. The novel idea allows investors to buy a car which is then leased to a...
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Shale Production Has Oil Producers Over A Barrel
US inroads into delivering shale oil and gas from vast reserves are driving down the cost of crude worldwide. A massive drive to develop shale deposits to cut America’s shackles tying the country to...
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Elderly Expats May Die Before Compensation Is Paid
Hundreds of elderly expats have their retirement cash trapped in a suspended investment scheme that may not pay compensation until after they have died. Almost 5,000 investors have cash locked up in...
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Unlicensed Financial Advisers Fleecing UAE Investors
Unregulated financial advisers are fleecing investors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to financial watchdogs. As a result, financial regulator the Securities and Commodities Authority...
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Crunch Time For Sweet Eaters As Chocolate Runs Out
If you like to nibble on chocolate, you should start thinking about stockpiling a secret supply because the world is running out of the key ingredient – cocoa. Chocolate industry experts are seriously...
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Invest In Buy To Let For Just £1,000 Down
Investors who want to take part in the buy to let bonanza but do not want to get involved in managing their own properties can buy a slice of Britain’s first residential real estate investment trust...
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Oil Producers Not Ready To Turn Off Oversupply Tap
Details of high-level talks between oil producing countries have leaked out. Two of the world’s major oil producers – Saudi Arabia and Russia – have both signalled they have no plans to turn off the...
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How Tracker Funds Work For Passive Investors
Tracker funds do what they say on the label – they follow the movements of a specific index, so the value of an investment rises and falls with the value of the underlying index. Investors who do not...
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Commercial Property Is Investment of the Year
UK commercial property is one of the best performing investments – recording a massive 20% growth in the past 12 months. Commercial property showed the best return on nine different assets over the...
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Expat Landlords Shunned By Buy To Let Lenders
Expats wanting to dip into the Great British Buy to Let Bonanza are finding they are increasingly shunned by mortgage lenders. Few banks and building societies seem to want to risk lending to expats,...
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Modest Rent And House Price Rises Predicted
Property experts expect house prices in Britain to increase by an average 3% in 2015, while rents are likely to rise by 2%. The forecast comes from the estate agent and surveyor trade body the Royal...
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Expats Warned About Dodgy Property Deals In Egypt
The British government is warning expats and property investors buying homes in Egypt to watch out for fraudsters and dodgy dealings. The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) has published a lengthy...
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