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Retail Distribution Review ready at Informed Choice

The end of this year sees the introduction of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR); a regulatory initiative from the Financial …

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Inflation falls to zero

Whilst the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of price inflation remains stubbornly above the government target of 2%, there are …

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A working life of 60 years?

Very few of us expect to spend 60 years of our lives in work. As the Queen marks the 60th …

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Market numbers: Friday 3rd February 2012

The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,901.07, up 105.00 points or +1.81% on …

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Preparing for recession

An influential think tank is warning that the UK economy will enter recession in the first half of 2012. The …

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A stronger case for tax cuts

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) believes that the argument for tax cuts in the UK is stronger today than …

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How to spend £1m a year

All of the outrage over excessive executive pay in general, and the Stephen Hester £1m bonus in particular, has raised …

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Is your IFA ready?

Eleven months today sees the implementation of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR); a regulatory initiative designed to increase levels of …

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Time to get out of gilts?

A report in Investment Week today suggests that some fund managers are ‘shorting’ gilts in expectation of an extreme correction. …

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Remember the dot-com bubble

How can a company with estimated profits of $335m to $1bn possibly attract a market valuation of $100bn? That is …

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