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News and comment

Welcome to your on-line financial newsletter. This service is regularly updated to bring you news of important developments in financial matters.

The news stories on this page have been written and produced by a third party and neither nor its representatives can be held responsible for the accuracy of the content/information contained within these stories.

Citywire Investment News

• James Montier: The 'Austerians' will destroy the recovery and usher in deflation
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:33:04 +0100
  The 'Austerians' could destroy an economic recovery and increase the likelihood of deflation, warns influential investor James Montier.
  

• Saints hikes divi and expects shareholder payouts to rise
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:10:40 +0100
  Manager of the Baillie Gifford trust Patrick Edwardson says as the global economic recovery picks up, so too will company profits and their payouts to shareholders. 
  

• Exeter IFA firm strikes outsourcing deal with Brooks Macdonald
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:54:27 +0100
  RK Shipman has entered into an agreement with Brooks Macdonald for the London based asset manager to run its clients' money.
  

• Push start from Fidelity helped Ocado get its flotation away
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:56:34 +0100
  Ocado had to rely on existing shareholders - and fund management group Fidelity in particular - to get its recent stock market flotation away.
  

BBC Business News

• Addresses set to lose county name
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:07:44 +0000
  Counties appear set to be dropped from postal addresses in future years after complaints about out-of-date names.
  

• Interns are 'entitled to be paid'
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:00:34 +0000
  Many young people working free as interns may legally be entitled to pay, a report says.
  

• Tax credit overpayments 'to soar'
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:00:09 +0000
  Many more people will face having to pay back some of the money paid to them as tax credits because of Budget changes, experts say.
  

• Sale of EDF's UK networks agreed
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:21:50 +0000
  A consortium headed by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing has agreed a deal to buy the UK networks of French power group EDF for £5.8bn ($9.1bn).
  

Citywire Money, Tax and Property

• Mortgages: a tracker could save you money
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:01:00 +0100
  If economists' forecasts are right and the Base Rate is really set to remain at 0.5% until the end of 2013, then trackers look a much better bet than fixed rate mortgages.
  

• House prices: Nationwide reports first drop since February
  Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:24:53 +0100
  Nationwide has reported a 0.5% drop in the price of an average UK property, adding to evidence that prices are heading lower.
  

• House prices rise slightly in June
  Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:07:44 +0100
  Land Registry reports 0.1% rise in June following May?s slight fall. Figures come in contrast to other indices which are showing falling prices.
  

• Morning Line: interest rate rise or not, savers are unlikely to benefit
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:51:04 +0100
  Seldom have economists been so divided over when interest rates will rise. But whatever happens, it is unlikely that savers will benefit. 
  

Citywire News

• Saturday Paper Round: tips and comment
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0100
  Apologies, there are no paper summaries today.
  

• Saturday Paper Round: other news
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0100
  Apologies, there are no paper summaries today.
  

• Saturday Paper Round: bid news and gossip
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0100
  Apologies, there are no paper summaries today.
  

• Saturday Papers: tips and comment
  Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:45:00 +0100
  Better hope the latest US GDP numbers are very wrong on the downside