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Judges reject claim

Pensions campaign women lose court appeal

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Women have campaigned against the change Two women calling on the Department for Work and Pensions to compensation those who lost out because of the change in the state pensionRead More

Retirement change

Pension freedom age will rise from 55 to 57

Keep saving: pension age is changing Those who are now in their 40s will have to wait an extra two years before they can access their private pension. The governmentRead More

Investment

Pressure grows on P2P sector as investors pull funds

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Call for Bank of England to regulate the sector (pic: Terry Murden) Rising bad debts among small firms is causing growing anxiety among investors in the peer-to-peer market. P2P grewRead More

Friday update

DB Live: Odds-on for indy; St Mirren update; Centrica sale

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4.45pm: London closes lower London stocks finished in negative territory despite business activity growing at its fastest pace in five years in July. The FTSE 100 ended the session down 87.62 pointsRead More

Crypto scam

Twitter hack ‘proved bitcoin’s transparency’

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Barack Obama: one of the targets of the scam A failed bitcoin scam by hackers accessing the Twitter accounts of global politicians and business leaders proved the resilience of theRead More

Investments trimmed

Dividends fall by half as lockdown bites into income

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Squeezed balance sheets have forced firms to conserve cash Companies cut dividend payouts to shareholders by almost £22bn in the three months to the end of June, a drop ofRead More

Banker acquisition

Grossart doubles stake in Springfield Properties

Sir Angus Grossart
Sir Angus Grossart: million pound deal (pic: Terry Murden) Investment banker Sir Angus Grossart has more than doubled his stake in Elgin-based housebuilder Springfield Properties. He acquired 1.058 million sharesRead More

Sector 'over-supplied'

Aegon UK boss predicts platform mergers

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Pensions sector faces ‘big challenges’ Aegon UK chief executive Mike Holliday-Williams believes there will be mergers among investment platforms as the pensions industry adjusts to the challenging conditions of theRead More

Tightening on eligibility

Companies facing crackdown on government support

Richard Leonard
Richard Leonard: ‘We cannot go back to business as usual’ (pic: Terry Murden) Companies operating in Scotland which are registered in overseas tax havens must not receive financial support fromRead More

Investments

Scam warning as record 55 year olds access pensions

Access to pensions was granted in 2015 (pic: Phoenix Life) A record number of UK adults will reach ‘pension freedom’ age this year amid concern that they will be targetedRead More