News
Mortgages
HSBC will launch a two-year discounted mortgage at 1.99% available up to 60% LTV on Monday.
11 March 2010
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Critical Illness
Aegon paid a marginally lower percentage of critical illness (CI) claims in 2009, but declines due to non-disclosure fell from a half to a third.
11 March 2010
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Your profession
Proposals for a 10% ‘death tax' on moderate-to-high earners to tackle the problem of an ageing population have been branded "totally unfair".
11 March 2010
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Investment
Skandia UK posted a 22% increase in mutual fund sales last year as clients continued to move away from traditional life product offerings.
11 March 2010
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Your profession
Law firm Regulatory Legal says it has now raised enough funds to mount a judicial review into the FSCS's decision to impose a £70m additional levy on the investment intermediary subclass, following the collapse last year of Keydata and two stockbrokers....
11 March 2010
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ETFs
Amundi has listed 15 ETFs on the Borsa Italiana, marking the firm's entrance into the Italian market.
10 March 2010
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Critical Illness
Legal and General has announced it paid 93.6% of critical illness claims in 2009.
10 March 2010
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TMT
Macquarie has launched a capital gains and losses calculation tool for financial planners.
10 March 2010
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Economics / Markets
The Chancellor will use the Budget to hike capital gains and inheritance taxes to fund Gordon Brown's pledge today not to cut front-line services, Legal and General predicts.
10 March 2010
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