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Citywire Investment News
- Where are the best equity income opportunities?
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:01:00 Z
In the global hunt for yield, the two continents are expected to deliver strong double digit divi growth, while the US and Japan lag further and further behind.
- Structured products: US covered calls offer tasty income in volatility
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:01:00 Z
Covered call funds investing in US equities are able to deliver a dividend yield up to three times higher than that of the SP 500 while offering a downside cushion amid volatile markets.
- Property: battles as landlords and tenants clash on 'dilapidation?
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:01:00 Z
Legal battles between landlords and occupiers over refurbishment costs are set to increase as the build-up of commercial leases due to expire reaches a peak over the next two years.
- ETF strategy: beware the overlooked risks of tracking error
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:01:00 Z
While counterparty risk has been at the forefront of the ETF debate, regulators have ?overlooked? a range of issues wealth managers should also take into account including tracking error.
Citywire Money, Tax and Property
- House prices rose 0.6% in January, says Halifax
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:54:16 Z
The average UK house price is now £161,000.
- The 20 postcodes most 'at risk' of burglary
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:35:34 Z
The areas in the UK that see the most home insurance claims for theft or burglary, and the postcodes that are least at risk.
- House prices flat as market 'dogged by uncertainty'
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:01:00 Z
January marked the eighteenth month that house prices did not rise, according to Hometrack.
- Buying a house is now cheaper than renting one
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:01:00 Z
Buying a house is over £100 a month cheaper than renting, according to Halifax. Wales is the exception.
FT.com - Your Pension
- Report finds ways to boost pensions
Thu, 9 Feb 2012 01:29:57 +0000
Save earlier, pay more in while working and retire some years after becoming eligible for state entitlement, it says
- Minister proposes 'defined aspiration' pensions
Tue, 7 Feb 2012 19:00:14 +0000
Rules governing 'gold plated' company pension plans could be relaxed to encourage take up of newer, less riskier plans
- Retirees lose up to £1bn through opaque market
Sat, 4 Feb 2012 01:58:37 +0000
The sum could treble over the next few years as millions more are automatically enrolled in workplace pension plans under rules taking effect in April
- Savers?gain better access to 'protected rights'
Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:12:56 +0000
Easier access to 'protected rights' pension funds will offer flexibility and potential inheritance tax savings
BBC Business News
- Greek parties fail to agree cuts
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:09:02 GMT
The Greek prime minister has failed to secure his coalition parties' agreement to fresh austerity proposals, needed to agree a new bailout package.
- Chinese prices get New Year boost
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:23:59 GMT
China's rate of inflation accelerates to 4.5% in January as consumers raise spending around Chinese New Year.
- Lenovo profits continue to soar
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:18:20 GMT
Lenovo, the world's second-largest maker of PCs, reports a 54% rise in profits on overseas acquisitions and a jump in sales.
- VIDEO: A380 wing crack checks to be extended
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:30:15 GMT
Aircraft maker Airbus has been ordered to check all A380 superjumbo planes currently in service after cracks were found in wing components.
BBC News
- Greek parties fail to agree cuts
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:09:02 GMT
The Greek prime minister has failed to secure his coalition parties' agreement to fresh austerity proposals, needed to agree a new bailout package.
- Why zebras evolved their stripes
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:59:14 GMT
A zebra's unmistakeable stripes may have evolved to make the animals unattractive to blood-sucking flies, say scientists.
- VIDEO: Russia finds vast subglacial lake
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:57:25 GMT
Russian scientists have been drilling for two decades in the Antarctic and say they have found a vast subglacial lake.
- NZ quake building 'sub-standard'
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:51:40 GMT
A building that collapsed during last year's Christchurch earthquake, killing 115 people, did not meet industry standards, an official report finds.
