Thursday, 06 February 2014
Articles
The Bank of England Governor Mark Carney
The Bank of England has decided to keep the Bank Rate at 0.5%, it announced today. Read more ...
Tagged under #Mark Carney #Bank Rate #Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee

Friday, 07 February 2014
Articles
Prime Minister David Cameron announced plans for Britain to become the first Western country to issue a sovereign sukuk, or Islamic bond in October
Six in ten people believe Sharia finance is relevant to all faiths, a survey has found, as the UK positions itself to become a leading Islamic financial hub. Read more ...
Tagged under #David Cameron #Islamic finance #Sharia Finance #Islamic Bank of Britain

Friday, 07 February 2014
Articles
NIESR website
The UK economy will grow by 2.5% in 2014 and 2.1% in 2015, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research has forecast. Read more ...
Tagged under #NIESR #economy #growth

Friday, 07 February 2014
Articles
Prudential logo
A quarter of people planning to retire this year are not ready to stop work, research indicates. Read more ...
Tagged under #retirement #Prudential

Monday, 10 February 2014
Articles
British v Global attitudes to saving - Nielsen Research
Over a third of British consumers (37%) say they'll never save or invest for their retirement – compared to just 22 percent of people globally, according to a new study by Nielsen. Read more ...
Tagged under #retirement #consumers #Nielsen #Eleni Nicholas

Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Articles
MathWorks website
Graduates lack the necessary skills demanded by the financial services industry, research has suggested. Read more ...
Tagged under #Graduates #MathWorks #finance industry #skills gap

Monday, 10 February 2014
Articles
Clive Adamson, FCA director of supervision
The FCA has issued a warning to firms managing the transition of billions of pounds of assets invested in pensions after it imposed a £22m fine. Read more ...
Tagged under #FCA #pension assets #specialist transition management

Monday, 10 February 2014
Articles
James Priday, managing director of Strawberry Invest
A new investment platform called Strawberry Invest, aimed at people who already invest online, has been launched. Read more ...
Tagged under #Platform #Strawberry Invest #private investors

Monday, 10 February 2014
Articles
Origo website
Nearly half of open market pension to annuity transfers were under £20,000 last year, research indicates. Read more ...
Tagged under #Origo #annuity #pension to annuity transfers

Tuesday, 11 February 2014
Articles
FundsNetwork website
A range of fees costing clients up to £300 each have been axed from the FundsNetwork pension in a move to simplify its structure. Read more ...
Tagged under #pensions #fees #FundsNetwork
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