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Citywire Investment News

• Tech trusts: should the betamax moments turn you off?
  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:22:40 Z
  The tech sector has enjoyed a spectacular three-year run, but the wide discounts in the closed-end soace may be a telling sign investors still bear a grudge after the 2001 crash. 
  

• Investment complaints at Barclays Bank jump 77% in 2011
  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:59:14 Z
  Complaints linked to investments at Barclays spiked between 2010 and 2011, despite a broader 30% fall in gripes about the bank's other services.
  

• FundsNetwork strikes platform deal with Barclays Stockbrokers
  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:42:24 Z
  Fidelity FundsNetwork has struck an exclusive deal with the bank to provide its core fund platform in a move which will see it go head to head with the likes of Hargreaves Lansdown.
  

• Alan Miller teams with Deutsche to launch UK's first ETF of ETFs
  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:25:09 Z
  SCM Private is launching the first exchange traded fund (ETF) of ETFs in the UK in conjunction with db X-trackers, to provide a low-cost, actively managed multi-asset strategy.
  

Citywire Money, Tax and Property

• How to pay for long-term care of your loved ones
  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:29:23 Z
  The average person can expect to spend nearly 60% of their retirement in good health, but how will you pay for the other 40%?
  

• House prices see biggest rise in 10 years
  Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:19:30 Z
  Asking prices rose 4.1% in February ? the biggest monthly increase since April 2002.
  

• What is a mortgage and how do I get one?
  Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:12:23 Z
  We unpick the mortgage jargon to help you get to grips with the different types of loan that are available.
  

• Rents resume upward march
  Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:01:00 Z
  Following two months of declines, the average monthly rent in England and Wales rose 0.1% in January to £712.
  

Citywire News

• Rexam flies ahead on profit gains as FTSE lags
  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:36:35 Z
  Britain?s benchmark stock index flatlines as downbeat data create a gloomy outlook despite the Greek deal averting a crisis for now.
  

• Barclays takes on Hargreaves in fight for DIY investors
  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:30:04 Z
  Barclays Stockbrokers has signed up funds platform Fidelity FundsNetwork in a bid to take on Hargreaves Lansdown (HRGV.L) in its core market.
  

• Welcome to an uncertain financial future
  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:42:48 Z
  Sandwiched between two skint generations, the Uncertain Generation are seeing their money squeezed like never before.
  

• Barclays: customer complaints down but 'still too high'
  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:44:48 Z
  Customer complaints fell 6% in 2011, but were up in the second half of the year and high in investments and insurance.
  

BBC Business News

• South Korea wins Navy tanker deal
  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:44:55 GMT
  The Royal Navy selects South Korean firm Daewoo for a £452m deal to build four new fuel tankers.
  

• Obama seeks US corporate tax cut
  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:26:09 GMT
  US President Barack Obama proposes a cut in corporate tax and an end to tax loopholes, as part of his election-year strategy on the economy.
  

• Bank members voted for £75bn QE
  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:49:37 GMT
  Minutes show two of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee wanted more money pumped into the economy, sending sterling down on the currency markets.
  

• Greek MPs consider bailout laws
  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:38:48 GMT
  Protests take place outside parliament in Greece, as MPs consider emergency laws after a 130bn-euro bailout deal.
  

BBC News

• Stressed teacher set fire to self
  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:51:09 GMT
  A Harrogate teacher who felt under pressure to get good exam results set himself on fire in the school car park, an inquest hears.
  

• Awema: Government want money back
  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:48:38 GMT
  The Welsh government says it is trying to retrieve public funding from race-relations charity All Wales Ethnic Minority Association (Awema) as opponents accuse ministers of failing to answer questions.
  

• Baby P duo made 'serious errors'
  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:47:27 GMT
  Two of Baby Peter's social workers committed a "serious error of judgement" during an incident which saw him "disappear" for 12 days, a tribunal hears.
  

• South Korea wins Navy tanker deal
  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:44:55 GMT
  The Royal Navy selects South Korean firm Daewoo for a £452m deal to build four new fuel tankers.
  

FT.com - Your Investments

• Santander fined £1.5m over structured products
  Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:09:48 +0000
  Spanish bank failed to make consumers aware of limited compensation cover for 'guaranteed' products
  

• FSA probes 'death bonds' group with Lib Dem link
  Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:05:45 +0000
  A company linked to Lord Razzall is facing possible enforcement action by the financial regulator in connection with the sale of offshore 'death bonds'
  

• Are the days of the middle man numbered?
  Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:48:28 +0000
  It is not just estate agents that people are seeking to bypass. The providers of financial services are now in the line of fire
  

• Markets appear braced for Greek tragedy
  Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:19:12 +0000
  I have become increasingly positive about 2012 stock market prospects