Pension Deficit I hope you have all had a good Easter and are starting to feel more positive after the good news we have been getting lately. Unfortunately, pensions haven't gotten the message, as the PPF has just announced a recording breaking £253bn pension deficit for March, attributed mainly to ...

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Investment News - I hope everyone had a fantastic Easter break. In the past few weeks I've noticed pretty much only positive news in the press and it really seems like we've hit the turning point of the property news cycle. It's amazing the difference 3 weeks can make. Great news ...

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You did the right thing! Yesterday, I had a long conversation with John, who's been a client for the past 4 years and bought 6 properties through Gladfish. He wanted reassurance that investing in property was still a sound decision based on what has happened over the past 2 years. ...

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There are opportunities out there, Even though there are still a few 'doom and gloom' merchants out there, most of the news at the moment is positive. The majority of the chatter is about recovery which is great news for property investors. To kick things off I'm going to show you ...

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Is your pension protected? The recent recession has seen the collapse of many businesses with more predicted. Up until now, company insolvency has meant that employees of the firm would walk away with pretty much nothing, including most if not all of the money invested in the employer defined benefit ...

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Welcome to the fifth and final week of the Recovery Special: Government debt I'll be wrapping things up by taking you through how governments get into debt and how this debt is actually helping work towards economic recovery. ...

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Investment News - Recovery Special 4 Welcome to week four of the Recovery Special! Apologies for the lack of news last week I was in Ireland for St Paddy's day. But we're back this week and first up I'll be taking you through a quick review of the what's happening ...

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Monkey's in the FSA I don't know, but the FSA is clearly full of them! They've proposed putting limitations on lending to three times your income. Utterly ridiculous and clearly no-one has any idea over there. The UK economy and FSA Firstly they are supposed to be a preemptive agency ...

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Bad news for pensions Over the last couple of weeks Brett has been discussing the Bank of England's attempts to restart the economy through quantitative easing (QE), the principles behind it and the possible pitfalls if it is not monitored appropriately. However, the Bank's decision will have wider consequences, namely ...

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The UK shortage Over the past few weeks the number of property deals that have come across my desk has significantly dropped. The developers we take property from haven't got anywhere near the choice of property that we're used to making it incredibly hard to find the same deals that ...

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