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Citywire Investment News
- Ex-Cazenove partner convicted of insider dealing
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:07:35 GMT
Malcolm Calvert has been found guilty on five counts of insider dealing and fined £56k
- FSA: four risks for advisers in run-up to RDR
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:40:44 GMT
The Financial Services Authority has highlighted four areas, including quality of advice and governance, it says advisers should focus on during the upheaval of the next two years.
- High Court orders wind-up of Cru Investment Management
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:38:50 GMT
The High Court has ordered the winding-up of Cru Investment Management, which marketed the six Arch Cru funds.
- Bramdean Alternatives proposes pure private equity remit
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:42:29 GMT
The board of Bramdean Alternatives is proposing to change the trust's name to Aberdeen Private Equity and to give it a pure private equity fund investment remit
- Five reasons why insurers are better investments than banks
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:38:05 GMT
Stronger than hoped for results from Standard Life have shown again why insurers are better investments than banks.
Citywire Money, Tax and Property
- Online banking fraud up by 14% amid wave of 'phishing' attacks
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:01:33 GMT
Online banking fraud rose by 14% to £60m in 2009, while card fraud dropped for the first time in three years.
- The economy is not yet out of danger, Gordon Brown warns
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:49:21 GMT
You can trust me, prime minister says, as he unveils a pay freeze for doctors, dentists, and hospital consultants.
- Consumer groups attack delay to reform of PPI market
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:36:31 GMT
Consumer bodies urge Financial Services Authority to push ahead with reform of PPI after it announces a further six week consultation period.
- Euro equities face long debt struggle in wake of Greek crisis
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:01:00 GMT
Economists warn that austerity measures in the PIIGS will result in a protracted period of low growth.
- Fraudster convicted over £34m ponzi scheme
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:31:34 GMT
Investment roadshow fraudster Kevin Foster has been convicted of stealing investors' funds after masterminding a £34 million ponzi scheme that ran for nearly a decade.
FT.com - Financial Markets News
- Fall in cargo rates squeezes shipping lines
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:04:06 GMT
TShipping lines and oil producers lead stocks lower on Wednesday and better Chinese trade data than expected revive concerns over monetary tightening
- Indian harvest hopes sink sugar prices
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:35:16 GMT
Sugar prices tumbled on Wednesday but crude oil prices breached the $83-a-barrel mark following the latest US weekly inventories data
- Wall Street rises on bank deal speculation
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:12:14 GMT
US stocks posted decent gains as they marked the 10-year anniversary of the Nasdaq?s peak. However, following a series of rises over previous sessions, markets lacked a positive driver to send them higher
- Weak output puts pressure on sterling
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:17:34 GMT
Sterling comes under renewed pressure after disappointing production data adds to lingering concerns over the UK?s economic recovery
- Footsie climbs to 21-month high
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:12:54 GMT
Tullett Prebon raced to the top of the mid-cap FTSE 250 index on Wednesday, while Barrett was also boosted on the back of bid speculation
Citywire News
- Five reasons why insurers are better investments than banks
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:38:05 GMT
Stronger than hoped for results from Standard Life have shown again why insurers are better investments than banks.
- Online banking fraud up by 14% amid wave of 'phishing' attacks
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:01:33 GMT
Online banking fraud rose by 14% to £60m in 2009, while card fraud dropped for the first time in three years.
- Ten years after the tech bubble burst, the sector now looks cheap
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:07:57 GMT
Tech is still only trading on a multiple of 1.1x the market - despite an anticipated MA boom as the new cycle of technology kicks in.
- The economy is not yet out of danger, Gordon Brown warns
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:49:21 GMT
You can trust me, prime minister says, as he unveils a pay freeze for doctors, dentists, and hospital consultants.
- Weak manufacturing data throws doubt on pace of the recovery
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:26:40 GMT
A shock fall in manufacturing data put yet more pressure on the pound.
BBC News
- Renewed threat to crystal factory
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:02:46 GMT
There is a renewed threat to the Tyrone Crystal factory in Dungannon, County Tyrone, according to staff.
- Kidnapped boy's father back in UK
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:59:53 GMT
The father of a British boy kidnapped in Pakistan has returned home against police wishes, the BBC learns.
- Scientists to review climate body
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:52:52 GMT
The UN Secretary-General asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body.
- Bulger error man in plea to Straw
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:51:00 GMT
A man subjected to a hate campaign over false claims he is Jon Venables pleads with Jack Straw to reveal his new identity.
- Live - Wednesday football
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:50:16 GMT
David Beckham returns to Old Trafford as his AC Milan side try to overcome Man Utd and reach the Champions League quarter-finals, while Burnley host Stoke in the Premier League.
BBC Business News
- Banks face harsher stress tests
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:04:24 GMT
Further stress-testing of UK banks will take place to ensure they can survive a 'double-dip' recession, regulators say.
- British Gas faces strike ballot
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:55:33 GMT
British Gas workers are to vote in a strike ballot over allegations of bullying by management, and on changes to working conditions.
- BA strike action talks continuing
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:36:55 GMT
Talks aimed at averting strike action by BA cabin crew are continuing at the TUC, after a deadline was extended.
- Pompey axe 85 jobs to cut costs
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:29:42 GMT
Administrators at Portsmouth FC start to make employees redundant, with 85 people losing their jobs.
- Warning on packaged bank accounts
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:52:55 GMT
Bank accounts which charge fees for extra benefits may be being mis-sold, the Financial Services Authority has warned.