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Forecasting for retirement

00:01 | 27 Jul 2008 | By Steve Bee

Knowing how much you'll need to retire on is certainly not an exact science.

The week in funds: New Star, Mott, HBOS

00:01 | 26 Jul 2008 | By Matthew Goodburn

New Star Asset Management changes managers again, Bill Mott dismisses the likelihood of financial meltdown and Schroders' Buxton backs HBOS

Inheritance tax: more options for keeping a property in the family

00:01 | 26 Jul 2008 | By Stacey Love

What options do elderly siblings have for keeping their home when one of them dies? Not many it would appear, apart from downsizing and investing the surplus.

Government extends support to pension scheme victims

10:27 | 25 Jul 2008 | By Maryrose Fison

Around 450 casualties of pension wind-ups, who were previously exempt from support, will now able to access aid from the Financial Assistance Scheme.

Economic growth at weakest for three years

10:03 | 25 Jul 2008 | By Chris Marshall

The slump in house building pushed the rate of growth of the UK’s gross domestic product closer to zero in the second quarter of the year, official figures have shown.

Upset by offset

00:01 | 25 Jul 2008 | By Lucian Camp

Rationally, offset mortgages make sense. But emotionally?

'Lautro 12' has become 19, FSA tells tribunal

15:52 | 24 Jul 2008 | By Edward Lander

The Financial Services Authority has been forced to reveal to the IFA Defence Union that the number of life offices caught up in the Lautro charges row has been raised from 12 to 19.

Rock response will bust FSA's budget warns regulatory chief

12:00 | 24 Jul 2008 | By Iain Martin

The FSA's Hector Sants says the regulator needs more cash in order to increase supervision levels in response to the Northern Rock crisis. 

High street sales drop at record rate

10:07 | 24 Jul 2008 | By Chris Marshall

Retail sales growth dropped a record 3.9% in the three months from April to June, official figures have shown, with retailers across the board suffering.

B&Q owner rises after slight sales increase in tough UK market

08:38 | 24 Jul 2008 | By Chris Marshall

Kingfisher was the top riser in early trading after reporting that its DIY chain B&Q scraped a 0.2% rise in total sales in the last 10 weeks.

Sandler steps back at the Rock for Barclays man

15:29 | 23 Jul 2008 | By Iain Martin

Northern Rock has appointed Barclays vice chairman Gary Hoffman as its new chief executive enabling Ron Sandler to take a non-executive role.

Business sentiment at its worst since the wake of 9/11

11:47 | 23 Jul 2008 | By Chris Marshall

The CBI’s survey of manufacturers adds to the bleak picture facing firms and their customers, with manufacturers expecting demand to slow.

BBA reports £1.4 billion drop in June lending

10:43 | 23 Jul 2008 | By Iain Martin

The mortgage market in June was running at lower levels than in the middle of the early 1990s housing crash as lending continued to fall at high street banks and building societies, the British Bankers’ Association said. 

The shocking state of mortgage advice

10:30 | 23 Jul 2008 | By Tony Bonsignore

Less than one in ten mortgage advisers give an acceptable standard of service, a new report reveals.

Equity release volumes jump in Q2, says Ship

09:30 | 23 Jul 2008 | By Iain Martin

Business volumes have shot up 14% at equity release providers in the second quarter of 2008, according to Safe Home Income Plans.

School's out

00:01 | 23 Jul 2008 | By Chris Marshall

Financial education should start at an early age and it should be a priority.

FSA wants more help from lenders to fight mortgage fraud

11:42 | 22 Jul 2008 | By Iain Martin

The Financial Services Authority has warned lenders it needs greater co-operation from them in the fight against mortgage fraud after revealing that only one in five firms have participated in a reporting scheme in the past two years. 

Great Portland reveals 4% slump in portfolio value

10:05 | 22 Jul 2008 | By David Campbell

Central London property specialist Great Portland Estates saw the value of its portfolio fall 4% on a like-for-like basis over the second quarter or £63.9 million, to £1.5 billion.

HSBC Private Bank ditches broking service and clients

00:01 | 22 Jul 2008 | By Charlie Parker

HSBC Private Bank is closing its stockbroking business, telling clients to leave by 1 October for one of a number of wealth management firms.

The real impact of falling house prices

00:01 | 22 Jul 2008 | By Linton Chiswick

Received wisdom is that falling house prices mean people drastically cut back on spending. What's the reality?

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