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Sale and rent back market shut down after regulator's review
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:30:10 GMT
The Financial Services Authority has effectively shut down the "sale and rent back" market after it found deals being offered were "unaffordable or unsuitable and never should have been sold". |
Investors lose faith in equities
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:29:04 GMT
Investors halved their exposure to shares last year. |
Reader wins back £2,000 after Shanghai fraud
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:10:14 GMT
Telegraph troubleshooter Jessica Gorst-Williams secures payout for credit card fraud |
Most sale and rentback customers mis-sold says FSA
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:03:13 GMT
The Financial Services Authority has said most sale and rentback (SRB) transactions should not have been sold. |
The investment fund that is guaranteed to lose you money
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:39:42 GMT
Pension savers who hold money in Clerical Medical's Cash Pension are being charged more in fees than their money earns in interest. |
Fraudsters find new way to raid your bank account
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:33:13 GMT
Users of online banking have been warned about new methods of fraud which can dupe security. |
Top 10 burglary blackspots revealed
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:43:23 GMT
Moneysupermarket.com has analysed millions of home insurance quotes to reveal burglary hot spots. |
Chinese save four times as much as Britons
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:27 GMT
The average household in China has four times more savings than the average household in the UK, new research shows. |
Chinese save four times as much as Britons
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:27 GMT
The average household in China has four times more savings than the average household in the UK, new research shows. |
Gold will rise against 'heavily debased' currencies
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:07:27 GMT
Troy's Francis Brooke began buying gold at $450 an ounce. |
More bank staff steal from customers
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:00:58 GMT
Dishonest actions by staff to gain a benefit by theft or deception had risen 41pc in twelve months, according to CIFAS, anti-fraud organisation. |
Tax deadline day: tips for filing your tax return
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:50:53 GMT
Tax deadline day falls two days late this year. Here are some tips if you haven't got around to filling in your return yet: |
Millions of Britons have unclaimed loyalty points worth hundreds of pounds
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:47:55 GMT
Boots said that thousands of its Advantage customers have more than £260 sitting on their cards. |
Tax deadline day: Q&A
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:47:00 GMT
It's tax deadline day with just hours to go before time runs out to fill in your tax return. Here is what you need to know: |
Taxpayers have saved more than £10m as self-assessment deadline extended
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:46:47 GMT
Around 100,000 taxpayers have taken advantage of the two-day extension to the self-assessment deadline. |
ECB to the rescue
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:41:14 GMT
Mid-Wynd's MacPhee: the central bank's critical role in the Eurozone. |
Solar panel returns could be cut by 80pc
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:47:37 GMT
Home owners could see their returns on solar panel installations cut by 80pc if their properties are not energy efficient in other ways. |
Parents insure their pets before their children
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:31:46 GMT
Adults are more likely to protect the health of their pets than other family members. |
IFS calls for George Osborne to make tax cuts to avoid recession
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:30:58 GMT
George Osborne should consider emergency tax cuts in the Budget as Britain is "certain" to be plunged back into recession this year, an influential forecaster warns. |
Maritime workers in pensions boost
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:00:11 GMT
Around 20,000 maritime workers, fishermen and oil rig workers will be eligible for automatic workplace pensions under new proposals by the Government. |
