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The Office of National Statistics have reported that inflation fell to 2% in December 2013. That’s the Government’s target for inflation even though it has not met it…
Read moreThe AIC issued a press release today saying the average investment company discount was now 3.4% – a record low since the figures were first recorded in 1970.…
Read moreIn the New Year edition of the Hargreaves Lansdown newsletter, founder Peter Hargreaves leads off with this comment: “I am in a quandary. I can’t work out whether…
Read moreThe Government has published its response to the public consultation on share buy-backs in Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs). In particular the proposals put forward were aimed at stopping…
Read moreYou may well be worse off if you are dead. The Government is to clamp down on the payment of state pensions to people who are dead, which…
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on a new regulatory approach to cover “crowdfunding”. Crowdfunding is in essence a direct approach to investors for either equity investments…
Read moreGrant Thornton have published a report which says that AIM technology company directors do not pay themselves as much as in other AIM companies. Author Amanda Flint suggests…
Read moreResearch firm Compeer have reported that funds held by stockbrokers in “execution-only” accounts have increased by 20% in the first nine months of this year. And a survey…
Read moreHow much speculation is there in AIM stocks? Quite a lot based on some figures recently published in a FinnCap newsletter. “Speculation” might be defined as a short…
Read moreYesterday was the AGM of Crown Place VCT. A somewhat unexciting meeting in some ways (a full report can be found here), but it did give me the…
Read moreYesterday the AIC published a note on the “dividend stars” and “strongest performers” among Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) now that such companies have been in existence for 18…
Read moreShareSoc exhibited at the London Investor Show at Olympia on the 25th October. It proved to be a good show in terms of attracting new members and meeting…
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