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Closing Market: FTSE higher again as retailers push ahead

By Deborah Hyde | 17:18 | 06 Jan 2009

Retailers post sharp gains, pushing the FTSE nearly 60 points higher.

StanLife stakeholder with-profits payout cut 10%

By Edward Lander | 13:13 | 06 Jan 2009

Standard Life stakeholder policyholders will see the maturity value of their investments fall by around 10% as markets continue to take their toll on with-profits payouts.

M&S to shed 1000 staff, reports suggest

By Tony Bonsignore | 15:21 | 06 Jan 2009

Marks and Spencer is set to shed up to 1000 jobs in the wake of a poor Christmas trading season, reports today suggest.

DWP: Protected rights drawdown must be proportionate

By Edward Lander | 17:46 | 06 Jan 2009

Protected rights funds should be transferred to income drawdown in proportion to the rest of the pension fund, the government has clarified.

Video Comment: What the Next and Debenhams results mean

By Deborah Hyde | 12:50 | 06 Jan 2009

Next and Debenhams sent retail stocks soaring earlier today after performing better than feared, but what do their numbers tell us about the state of the high street?

Nationwide launches two buy-to-let mortgages

By Michelle McGagh | 15:16 | 06 Jan 2009

Nationwide’s specialist lending arm, The Mortgage Works, has launched two buy-to-let products, including a one-year fixed rate home loan.

Tenet appoints Richards to take Sinfonia helm

By Maryrose Fison | 18:01 | 06 Jan 2009

Tenet has announced ex-Barclays distribution director Andy Richards as the new managing director for its asset management arm Sinfonia Asset Management. 

Eurozone inflation falls to two year low

By Chris Marshall | 12:47 | 06 Jan 2009

Inflation in the Eurozone is estimated to have dropped to 1.6% in December - its lowest level in two years, data showed today.

McCann ends 26-year Merrill Lynch stint

By Sara Smith | 11:55 | 06 Jan 2009

Merrill Lynch's head of global wealth management, Bob McCann, is leaving the firm voluntarily after 26 years at the company.

Is the boom over for supermarkets?

By Deborah Hyde | 15:18 | 06 Jan 2009

Ahead of Sainsbury's update on Thursday, some analysts are suggesting this may be as good as it gets for food retailers.

Private clients hammered by bear market

By Dylan Lobo | 09:01 | 06 Jan 2009

The iron grip of the bear market has wiped out all private client returns above cash in the last five years, according to the latest estimates from Asset Risk Consultants (ARC).

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Best Fund Managers

Cautious Managed Fund Managers over 3 years

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RankRatingManagerTotal Returns
1/51 Robin Geffen 17.71%
2/51 Talib Sheikh 8.04%
3/51 Nigel Breakell 5.76%
4/51 Mark Harries 4.25%
4/51 Simon Wood 4.25%

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The income problem: the fund managers respond

A few suggestions they think might do the trick for you.

By Richard Lander | 16:19 | 06 Jan 2009

Tackling numeracy problems early on

The credit crunch has bought the nations' money ignorance to the fore but a funding drive by an educational charity helping children with numeracy problems could be the answer.

By Michelle McGagh | 12:44 | 06 Jan 2009

How do we solve the income problem?

The obvious choices are shot to pieces. So where to turn?

By Richard Lander | 11:29 | 05 Jan 2009

2009: We all mull when and how to buy

We stand poised to buy, but full of fear.

By Charlie Parker | 10:36 | 05 Jan 2009

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