- Ten High Summer 2012 collections to be sold on ASOS Marketplace website from 1 June 2012 University of Westminster students of the BA (Hons) Fashion Design and BA (Hons) Fashion Buying Management courses have created ten High Summer 2012 collections for ASOS Marketplace, which buys and sells new, pre-owned and vintage fashion online. The project, which [...]
Peter Gammon, Move with Us, comments on the UK housing market:
Peter Gammon, director, Move with Us, the residential property expert, comments on today’s figures from The Council of Mortgage Lenders and what this means for the UK housing market: “The continuing pressures on the UK economy are hitting household finances hard but it’s a welcome sign that we haven’t seen an increase in repossessions to [...]
Comment from Asoka Wohrmann, Chief Investment Officer at DWS Investments
Europe and Japan appear more promising in the second quarter than the US market Corporate bonds remain attractive We still like German stocks, as low valuation indicators suggest promise for the country – and the current dividend yield of 3.5 percent, coupled with a falling euro should also have a supportive effect. History shows that [...]
Barnett Waddingham survey reveals low confidence in Solvency II implementation date
Over three quarters of insurance companies believe that the Solvency II implementation date will be delayed beyond its intended start date of 1 January 2014, according to research conducted by Barnett Waddingham, UK’s leading independent firm of actuaries, pension administrators and consultants. The survey, which was designed to find out how prepared firms are in [...]
Move with Us Launches First Secured Executor Lending Service For The Probate Market
- New service allows executors to secure equity release loan on estates under probate Probate property specialist, Move with Us, have developed a secured executor lending service for the probate market, which will enable clients to release some of the equity held within an estate under probate. The new service is aimed at easing stress [...]
Durham Business School expands management expertise
Durham Business School (DBS) has appointed Mike Humphreys to the role of Professor of Organisational Studies. In addition to lecturing on qualitative research methods, Professor Humphreys will be joining Mark Learmonth, Peter Hamilton and Irina Grugulis in a new critical group at the Business School which will be investigating issues of organisational identity. Of particular [...]
Commenting on the findings of Aviva’s Working Lives report, Barnett Waddingham consultant Malcolm McLean
Commenting on the findings of Aviva’s Working Lives report, Barnett Waddingham consultant Malcolm McLean says: “I am not especially surprised at the lack of awareness amongst the working population at large about auto-enrolment and how it will impact on them as individuals. There is a need to crank up the publicity more widely although it [...]
Simon Callow, fund manager, Midas Balanced Growth Fund, MAM Funds, comments on fund changes
Simon Callow, fund manager, Midas Balanced Growth Fund, MAM Funds, comments on fund changes across equities, fixed interest and alternative assets: “We believe that the recent broad based rally may be maturing, having been supported by the European Central Bank’s (ECB) long-term refinancing operations and improving economic data out of the US. Consequently, we are [...]
Menzies LLP hosts Women’s Portfolio Networking Event with the City’s original ‘superwoman’ Nicola Horlick
Menzies, one of the UK’s largest regional firms of accountants and business advisers to privately owned businesses, is hosting its Women’s Portfolio Networking Event on 9 May 2012 with guest speaker Nicola Horlick, Chairman of Rockpool Investments LLP. The Menzies Women’s Portfolio was created by successful business women to help other women realise their business [...]
Average property asking prices and new property listings reach a six-month high – Encouraging signs for some market recovery in the next quarter
The latest statistics from the residential property experts Move with Us and Home.co.uk show a six-month high in the level of new listings and asking prices throughout the UK. In March, over 126,000 new instructions were listed on the market and average asking prices across the UK were at just under £228,500, the highest since May 2011. [...]
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