Archive for 2010

Financial News Round-Up

Monday, December 20th, 2010

A weekly round-up of all the top financial stories from the UK media for the week ending 17th December 2010. Keeping you up to date with the financial news. • An end to compulsory annuities for pensioners In the 2011 budget, the government is to announce an end to the compulsory purchase of annuities for [...]

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£960m in savings lost in fake stocks and shares

Friday, December 17th, 2010

I have been contacted by a financial adviser who wants to sell me some shares which are apparently ‘under the radar of the stock market’ and are ‘set to fly’. Do you have any thoughts? I can let you know the name of the two shares they have said are well worth it. The financial [...]

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Worldwide Financial Planning adviser wins yet another national award

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Yet another national award is adorning the shelves of an independent financial adviser from Cornwall. Chris Rowe, who works at Worldwide Financial Planning, has just won the IFA Newcomer of the Year award from Scottish Widows. It is given to the adviser who has made the biggest impact on the industry since their arrival. Chris, [...]

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Festive money saving tips from Worldwide Financial Planning

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Worldwide is offering free advice on how to stop the credit card from taking too much of a battering this Christmas. It has been estimated that 3.8 million people will get into debt over Christmas, while other consumers will be dipping into their savings to pay for the festive period. 29 percent of households have [...]

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Understanding the markets

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

It used to be really easy to understand the markets. You could read sentiment and marry that with reasonable economic data but today it’s a great big bun fight that makes it complicated for some. Why do we have inflation when most countries are fighting their way out of a depressive state, when the world’s [...]

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Defining critical illness

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

My life insurance policy for my mortgage has critical illness and I am being asked to change my policy to another for a cheaper premium. Is that a good idea or is cheaper likely to mean less cover? Unlike life insurance, which has little variations, critical illness cover has considerably different levels of cover and [...]

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Financial News Round-Up

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

A weekly round-up of all the top financial stories from the UK media for the week ending 3rd December 2010. Keeping you up to date with the financial news. • Mortgage lending showing signs of weakening According to the Building Societies Association, mortgage lending is showing signs of weakness, with gross mortgage lending figures down [...]

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Financial News Round-Up

Friday, November 26th, 2010

A weekly round-up of all the top financial stories from the UK media for the week ending 26th November 2010. Keeping you up to date with the financial news. • Billions spent on online Christmas shopping According to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, over £6 billion could be spent by online Christmas shoppers [...]

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How much should you be insured for?

Friday, November 26th, 2010

In an all too complicated world, life insurance is one of my least written about areas but it is fundamentally one of the most important tasks a family should make sure they ‘get right’. In the last year I have had three people close to me pass away, all under the age of 50, and [...]

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Financial News Round-Up

Friday, November 19th, 2010

A weekly round-up of all the top financial stories from the UK media for the week ending 19th November 2010. Keeping you up to date with the financial news. • Ireland in talks with EU for £70billion ‘rescue deal’. The Irish government is understood to have had preliminary discussions with the EU about a rescue [...]

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