Monthly Archives: January 2012

Refreshers guide to Exchange Traded Funds

Posted on January 31, 2012 by admin

Exchange Traded Funds, or ETF’s, are essentially the low cost alternative for UK investors. Fund investors in the UK are invariably hit with increasingly high costs such as Total Expense Ratios. TER’s, which are a kind of tracker that many … Continue reading →

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EU proposes new consumer watchdog

Posted on January 9, 2012 by admin

Shoppers who have problems with traders in Europe will now find it easier to reach a settlement out of court due to new EU proposals that have been put into place to protect them. The EU Commission has proposed a … Continue reading →

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