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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.
BBC Business News
- Winter insurance claims hit 650m
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:07:35 GMT
Insurers paid out 650m from 335,000 claims made as a result of damage caused by the wintry weather in the UK.
- The Latin web
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:01:48 GMT
Brazil exploits potential as web use spreads
- High flyer
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:56:52 GMT
The extra ordinary life of the man from the Pru
- Bright ideas
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:50:59 GMT
Why intellectual property is not a luxury
- Independent day
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:47:45 GMT
The Independent could be free under a new owner
Citywire News
- Grant Thornton?s top 10 Budget predictions
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:01:00 GMT
With Gordon Brown announcing that the Budget will be held on March 24, the tax experts are dusting off their crystal balls.
- 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.
BBC News
- Councils told not to have 'goldfish bowl facilitated conversations'
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:48:11 GMT
Wellderly, webinar and disbenefits are among new forms of jargon being used by the public sector, a survey reveals.
- GMP chief criticises report card
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:38:33 GMT
The Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police (GMP) criticises a report grading the force poorly.
- Greeks stage fresh general strike
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:10:21 GMT
Thousands of Greek workers are to stage a second general strike in a month over austerity measures.
- Winter insurance claims hit 650m
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:07:35 GMT
Insurers paid out 650m from 335,000 claims made as a result of damage caused by the wintry weather in the UK.
- UK harmony needs 'political will'
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:03:32 GMT
Closer co-operation between Holyrood and Westminster will only be achieved if it is backed by political will, a committee of MPs says.
