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News and comment

Welcome to your on-line financial newsletter. This service is regularly updated to bring you news of important developments in financial matters.

The news stories on this page have been written and produced by a third party and neither nor its representatives can be held responsible for the accuracy of the content/information contained within these stories.

Citywire Investment News

• JM Finn poaches four-strong team from Brewin
  Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:00:15 Z
  JM Finn Co has lured a quartet of senior investment managers from Brewin Dolphin for its London office.  
  

• Bolton: it's right to quit if I'm totally wrong on China
  Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:34:13 Z
  Anthony Bolton has said that if his bullish stance on China turns out to be totally wrong then it's only right he stands back from his £580 million trust.
  

• RBS tops index despite losses; FTSE flat
  Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:29:39 Z
  FTSE 100 index drifts as Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) posts losses of £2 billion and pays £985 million in bonuses.
  

• Four stocks which can't rock Bolton's China love story
  Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:07:43 Z
  Bolton has found the going tough in China but these are some of the stocks which make it impossible for him to fall out of love with the nation's long-term story.  
  

BBC Business News

• Stamp duty change prompts pick-up
  Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:49:53 GMT
  The number of mortgage approvals for house purchases hit a two-year high in January ahead of the withdrawal of a stamp duty concession.
  

• Credit Agricole has 3bn-euro loss
  Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:48:41 GMT
  Credit Agricole reports a large loss for the three months to the end of December due to its exposure to Greek debt.
  

• British Gas owner profits up 1%
  Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:30:49 GMT
  Centrica, the owner of British Gas, says profits stayed flat due to the effect of a slump in in demand in the UK.
  

• RBS bank's loss doubles in 2011
  Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:23:35 GMT
  State-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland reports a loss of £2bn in 2011, its fourth year of losses since the bank's bailout in 2008.
  

Citywire News

• RBS tops index despite losses; FTSE flat
  Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:29:39 Z
  FTSE 100 index drifts as Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) posts losses of £2 billion and pays £985 million in bonuses.
  

• RBS losses widen as it tries to defuse bonus row
  Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:31:10 Z
  Chancellor George Osborne welcomes Royal Bank of Scotland's smaller bonus pool for investment bankers.
  

• Why is the yen so high against the pound?
  Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:01:00 Z
  Five years ago a pound could buy 250 yen. Now it's worth less than half that. But, writes Chris Towner of HiFX, things could soon change. 
  

• The Expert View: Barratt Developments, BBA Aviation and Travis Perkins
  Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:01:00 Z
  A round-up of analyst notes, including their take on AMEC and Morgan Sindall.
  

BBC News

• Probe into gender abortion claims
  Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:11:45 GMT
  The Department of Health launches an inquiry into claims that doctors agreed to carry out abortions on the grounds of the sex of unborn babies.
  

• Germans remember neo-Nazi victims
  Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:07:56 GMT
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel commemorates the victims of neo-Nazi violence at a ceremony in Berlin.
  

• Net migration to UK up by 15,000
  Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:07:25 GMT
  Net migration to Britain remained steady at 250,000 in the year to last June, official figures showed.
  

• Putin rallies voters at stadium
  Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:07:18 GMT
  Thousands of supporters hear Vladimir Putin deliver a strongly patriotic speech at a Moscow stadium as he bids for re-election as president of Russia on 4 March.
  

Citywire Money, Tax and Property

• How to pay for long-term care of your loved ones
  Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:29:23 Z
  The average person can expect to spend nearly 60% of their retirement in good health, but how will you pay for the other 40%?
  

• House prices see biggest rise in 10 years
  Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:19:30 Z
  Asking prices rose 4.1% in February ? the biggest monthly increase since April 2002.
  

• What is a mortgage and how do I get one?
  Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:12:23 Z
  We unpick the mortgage jargon to help you get to grips with the different types of loan that are available.
  

• Rents resume upward march
  Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:01:00 Z
  Following two months of declines, the average monthly rent in England and Wales rose 0.1% in January to £712.