This time last year there were real fears of big interest rate rises during 2010, but what happened? The key factor has been a change of Government for the UK. Labour intended to have us recover from this buy “booming” its way out of the mess. The Tory led coalition has chosen a more prudent [...]

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Below is an extract from a recent interview with Anthony Bolton. Anthony launched the China Special Situations Fund for Fidelity earlier this year and many of our clients were keen to invest in this Investment Trust not only because it is run by Anthony Bolton – arguably the UK’s top fund manager, but also because [...]

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22nd June 2010, signalled the first budget of the New Coalition Government. Here is a summary of the key points: Income tax personal allowances for basic rate tax payer to rise to £7,475 Personal Allowance for Higher Rate Tax payers remains the same Capital gains tax to rise to 28% for Higher Rate Taxpayers immediately [...]

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I am aware a number of clients transferred funds to Northern Rock when the UK government bailed it out in 2007. Since then the Bank has offered a 100% guarantee on monies held in the bank, regardless of the sum involved. As of 5pm tonight, all clients need to be aware that the safety net [...]

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The markets fell sharply this morning following the German Government’s decision to ban the short selling of certain govt stocks and financial institution’s shares until March 2011. But what is Short Selling? Certain traders on the markets borrow stocks from lenders and then sell them, expecting the price to fall. They then buy the stock [...]

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