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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has issued a warning to financial advisers about investing clients money in Caribbean property through Harlequin Property.

An innovative scheme allows investors to back bright students who are an excellent credit risk and have an exceptionally low default rate.

The National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) is looking for fund managers to run mandates in both UK direct and global listed real estate.

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has warned offshore investment trusts and UK REITs could be under threat from Financial Services Authority (FSA) proposals to ban promotions of unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS) to ordinary...

SPL Guernsey, the manager of what were the Arch Cru funds, is suing the former auditor of the fund range for £3.7m for breaches of duty in relation to the fund's accounts.

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A number of self-invested personal pension (SIPP) providers have stopped taking investments into Caribbean property fund Harlequin Properties according to its biggest UK distributor, after concerns about it were raised by a law firm.

A lottery winner who invested £250,000 in Arch Cru is facing substantial losses after her financial adviser went out of business, only to re-emerge as a new firm months later.

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