INTERNET bank Egg has warned that this week’s 0.25 per cent increase in the Bank of England’s base rate, coupled with the same increase in August this year, will mean that the eight million or more people with standard variable rate mortgages could…
Scotsman: Albannach Hosts Seminars On Investment Opportunities
ALBANNACH Financial Management is hosting seminars in its Edinburgh office on alternative investments on 14 and 15 November.
Scotsman: Pensions Regulations Unveiled
THE government yesterday laid out its final regulations designed to improve the pension aspects of the age discrimination regulations.
Scotsman: Women In ‘binge-debt’ Crisis
WOMEN in the UK are saddled with significantly more debt than men. New research from financial expert Sesame reveals that, on average, women over 35 owe £8,219, compared with the £3,436 borrowed by their male counterparts – a massive 139 per cent…
Scotsman: Financial Soap Box
I READ with interest an article in The Scotsman last month on house price increases over ten years.
Scotsman: Risk Returning As A Market Factor
WE ARE now well into the final quarter of the year and it looks as though the market’s appetite for risk is starting to return. Emerging markets – one barometer of risk aversion – have been particularly strong of late. For example, the MSCI BRIC index…
Scotsman: Provy Or Loan Shark? There May Be No Choice
SOME of Scotland’s most badly off people are having to take out loans with typical APRs of almost 200 per cent because they cannot get access to credit from mainstream lenders.
Scotsman: Take Good Advice To Avoid The Pension Commission Rip-off
IF YOU’VE been investing in a private pension fund over the past ten years, the chances are you’re looking at a pretty poor investment. But why?
Scotsman: Lenders Not Slow To Raise Their Rates
BUT borrowers will benefit from latest rise.
Scotsman: Scots On The Map For Pensions
MORE than half of hard-working Scots are facing a difficult retirement, but prospects are even worse for most people in England, according to a pension map of the UK unveiled this weekend by JP Morgan Invest.