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Citywire Investment News
- The dealmaker: is funds world set for rampant consolidation?
Tue, 21 May 2013 15:18:03 +0100
Despite the emergence of behemoth firms like BlackRock in the asset management space, the concentration of assets is limited and more merger and acquisition activity could be on the cards.
- T Rowe Price names new fixed income boss
Tue, 21 May 2013 14:31:37 +0100
T Rowe Price International has hired Arif Husain from Alliance Bernstein as head of the firm?s international fixed income arm.
- Private Client Manager Retreat: the highlights
Tue, 21 May 2013 14:18:24 +0100
The likes of Tim Bond and 'Professor Risk' gave our delegates plenty to contemplate as the curtain came down on another successful Retreat as the Four Seasons in Hampshire.
- Private Client Manager Retreat: pictures from the final day
Tue, 21 May 2013 14:06:28 +0100
Our delegates were offered an insight from David Spiegelhalter, aka Professor Risk, before enjoying a spot of fishing and shooting as proceedings drew to a close.
BBC Business News
- HMRC to miss tax credit fraud target
Tue, 21 May 2013 23:16:48 GMT
The UK tax authority's failure to hit a target of reducing tax credit fraud and error has "cost the taxpayer dear", a committee of MPs says.
- Is a paperless library still a library?
Tue, 21 May 2013 23:13:20 GMT
Getting ready for bookless libraries
- Some Day My Prints Will Come
Tue, 21 May 2013 23:00:04 GMT
3D printing will revolutionise manufacturing, Peter Day argues
- Record closing high for US shares
Tue, 21 May 2013 21:55:16 GMT
Shares on Wall Street picked up on Tuesday to a new all-time high as investors bet that the US central bank would continue supporting the economy.
BBC News
- Afghan interpreters to get UK visas
Tue, 21 May 2013 23:21:43 GMT
Up to 600 Afghan interpreters who worked alongside British troops are set to be given the right to live in the UK, under government plans.
- HMRC to miss tax credit fraud target
Tue, 21 May 2013 23:16:48 GMT
The UK tax authority's failure to hit a target of reducing tax credit fraud and error has "cost the taxpayer dear", a committee of MPs says.
- Electricity bills to increase by 18%
Tue, 21 May 2013 23:11:59 GMT
Power NI announces that electricity bills for households and small businesses are to increase by 18% from July.
- 2013 cold start may mean fruit boom
Tue, 21 May 2013 23:07:52 GMT
UK fruit growers could enjoy a much improved harvest of apples and pears this season, after last year's growing season was a washout, data suggests.
Citywire Money, Tax and Property
- Castle Trust: a bet for both sides of the property market
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:44:11 +0100
We look at a company offering a savings account and a 'shared equity' mortgage that let you take a punt on whether house prices are rising or falling.
- Santander told to contact borrowers about botched rate change
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:22:56 +0100
The City watchdog has ordered Santander bank to contact 270,000 mortgage borrowers whom it failed to explain an important change in their contract five years ago.
- Buy-to-let is booming but beware the pitfalls
Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:25:46 +0100
The buy-to-let market is buoyant as investors are lured by high rents and cheap mortgages.
- Landlords targeted in HMRC tax clamp down
Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:00:00 Z
HMRC is demanding landlords hand over details of their properties and tenants even if they have declared rental income.