Investment, Retirement, Pensions, Protection, Morley, Leeds - Mark Ainsworth Financial Management Ltd

Investment review

Regular reviews of your investments are important. Our strategy is to check all aspects of your portfolio against a variety of important ever-changing factors.

Corporate pensions

As with all portfolios, pensions need reviewing and assets re allocating. Our corporate clients trust us to handle pensions for themselves and their employees.

Protection planning

Key to financial management is protection of your most valuable assets. Make sure you are covered appropriately for your circumstances.

Retirement review

Are your retirement plans and pensions inline with your current objectives? A Retirement review covers a variety of important factors.

Inheritance review

Ensure you are prepared for the future. A review of your Inheritance situation is an important way to plan ahead for both parents and children.

Personal review

A free, no obligation full personal review helps highlight any changes in circumstances such as shortfalls or pensions and invesments performance issues.

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House price reports: who needs 'em?

Is such a thing as a 'useful' house price index, one that can be used by buyers and sellers to reflect on their own individual deals in any meaningful way? Linton Chiswick reports on the difficult questions an official investigation into house prices must tackle.
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Transocean slams BP's 'self-serving' Gulf of Mexico disaster report

(Update) A BP report found a 'number of parties' share the blame for the Deepwater Horizon but Transocean and Halliburton have hit back at the 'flawed' report.
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Economic growth slowing but remains 'robust', says think tank

UK growth was 0.7% in the three months ending in August, down from 1.3% in the three months ending in July, according to estimates from NIESR.
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European debt worries re-emerge as Ireland extends guarantees

Fears that the high levels of debt in peripheral European countries could cause yet another shock in the markets have re-emerged.
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Morning Line: the mortgage lending tactics that distort the market

Mortgage lenders should follow Coventry's example and stop practices like conditional lending.
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Bank fears and mining tax hold FTSE down

Stress test doubts hurt banks while Australian mining tax threat continues to affect miners.
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China the global favourite for outside investors

Further proof of the rising dominance of the BRIC economies came this week in a survey from the UN which tipped India and Brazil to overtake the US in foreign direct investment flows by 2012, while China was top of the list.
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IFA sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail for mortgage fraud

IFA Mark Campbell was handed the jail sentence after Birmingham Crown Court heard how he helped Michael Browne, from Coventry, acquire loans overstating his income in mortgage applications.
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Stansted airport to central London in 35 mins? National Express ad banned

A National Express advert claiming trains from Stansted airport to London take 35 minutes has been banned for misleading passengers.
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House prices rise for second month, erasing previous losses – Halifax

House prices have increased for a second month, up 0.2% after July's 0.7% rise, with activity largely 'static'.
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Dawn Chorus: US stocks fall amid European debt worries

Concern about Europe's banks reappeared amid reports that major lenders understated holdings in potentially risky government debt during stress tests.
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Wednesday Papers: tips and comment

Sovereign credits cannot survive unless banks are recapitalised.
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Wednesday Papers: HP sues to block Hurd’s move to Oracle - other news

HP said it had gone to court to protect important information.
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Wednesday Papers: Vodafone sells China Mobile stake for £4.3bn - bid news and gossip

The UK mobile phone group said that 70% of the proceeds from the sale would be returned to shareholders.
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Q&A: Can any data predict the next recession?

The flow of economic data has painted a downbeat picture, but can any of it really be used to predict a 'double dip'?
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Ask Citywire: ask us a question about money and we will get you an answer

Got a question about personal finance or investment? Post it in our forums and we will help you get an answer.
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My Sipp: Time to choose if you believe bonds spell disaster

I don't believe those doomsters who say record government bond prices are a prelude to a Japan-style 'lost decade'. As I become less defensive I'm investing some of my cash pile in shares in some parts of the developed world and also in emerging markets.
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Fund of the Week: Old Mutual Global Strategic Bond

The Old Mutual Global Strategic Bond fund run by Stewart Cowley is one of our star picks in Citywire Selection, which is based on our independent analysis. Senior investment analyst Frank Talbot explains why.
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Diamond has a great CV, but Lloyds and RBS may be better bets

New Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond has achieved stunning success at the firm's investment banking division but he is now faced with a much taller order.
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HSBC chair Stephen Green accepts job as trade minister

(Update) HSBC chairman Stephen Green has agreed to become minister for trade and investment from January.
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