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...Total income was up 7 per cent on an annual basis and loan originations rose 12 per cent to £1.29bn in 2023....
...Active ETFs may account for only up to around 7 per cent of assets in ETFs, he said, but about a fifth of the inflows....
...The value of retail sales rose by an annual rate of 2.7 per cent in November, well below the 12-month average of 4.1 per cent....
...May 2022: “ . . . the Directors of the Fund have determined to suspend subscriptions to the ISG [Margin Lending Fund] and IBA [Bitcoin Alpha Fund] funds to protect potential new investors from 12 May, 2022...
...by increasing the VAT registration threshold from £85,000 to £90,000 from April 1st — the first increase in 7 years....
...Interactive Investor removed fees for regular investing in funds, ETFs, investment trusts and UK FTSE 350 shares in early 2020....
...Now you run two of the biggest and best known funds targeting shares in UK companies. There’s the £4bn Lindsell Train UK Equity fund and the £1.5bn Finsbury Growth & Income Trust....
...At that level, the dividend yield on the index was 12.7 per cent while the price/earnings ratio on the 500 shares in the industrial index was just 3.6....
...Over the last 12 months, what are the biggest changes you’ve noticed from the people you’re speaking to?...
...Core inflation fell by -0.3pp to 5.7 per cent against 4 per cent in the US. Household inflation expectations in the next 12 months stand above 4 per cent....
...Similarly, UK equity funds — from 10.7 per cent to 12.4 per cent. An investment trust trading at a 12 per cent discount seems to allow you to buy £100 worth of shares for £88....
...NHS England estimates that there were 307.5mn GP appointments in general practice in the 12 months ending April 2019 — and 344.8mn, including Covid vaccinations, in the 12 months ending April 2023, a 12...
...That’s why, while two out of three cohabiting couples have joint bank accounts, many couples choose to retain their own personal current accounts, from which they transfer some income each month into the...
...tax-efficient structures, down from 7 per cent a year ago....
...Office workers are commuting at 80 per cent of pre-pandemic levels from Tuesdays to Thursdays. The Elizabeth Line, opened last year, now accounts for one in six UK train journeys....
...As his fund bought more songs it reported ever-rising revenues — from £7.2mn in 2019 to $168.3mn by March this year — and financiers rallied behind it....
...She had come to trust and rely on Gilbert more than anyone in her organisation, so she emptied $1.1mn from an account she controlled and had him put it in a new holding account....
...The bank, which accounts for 7 per cent of Russia’s banking market, is the biggest player in facilitating payments for Russian oil and gas exports....
...In January, the company said it had raised $13m in a Series A round led by Sequoia Capital India, Union Square Ventures and Multicoin… …with additional participation from FTX, Bitcoin.com, DARMA Capital...
...guidance on account of perceived political influence....
...On Monday, at precisely 12.41pm, that too was switched off....
...The Annual Exempt Amount for capital gains tax will be cut from £12,300 to £6,000 next year and then to £3,000 from April 2024....
...That mirrors the preference of some big pension funds, which so dislike showing volatility in their accounts that they’ve embraced the unorthodox economic idea of paying an “illiquidity premium”....
...Once inside the Isa wrapper funds are sheltered from capital gains tax and dividend tax and future withdrawals are exempt from income tax....
...with CPI of 7 per cent....
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