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Citywire Investment News

  • AXA IM: Are index-linked gilts really that expensive?
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:00:01 GMT
    AXA Investment Manager's David Dyer asks whether index linked gilts are really that expensive after Brown Shipley's Kevin Doran recently described the asset class as a ticking bomb.   

BBC Business News

  • Kraft facing MPs over takeover
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:46:52 GMT
    The vice-president of Kraft Foods is being questioned by MPs over his company's takeover of Cadbury.
  • Savers spurn Equitable plan
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:46:29 GMT
    Savers in the Equitable Life insurance company denounce the limited compensation process set up by the government.
  • Expats lose pension freeze case
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:41:19 GMT
    More than half a million UK pensioners living overseas will continue to have their pensions frozen after a court decision.

BBC News

  • 'Pain' warning over spending cuts
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:52:58 GMT
    Hospitals, councils and the police are warned to make changes as public services face cuts that will mean "considerable pain".
  • Kidnapped Sahil found in Pakistan
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:39:39 GMT
    The family of a five-year-old British boy who was kidnapped while in Pakistan say they are "ecstatic" after he is found.
  • US envoy postpones Israel visit
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:39:17 GMT
    US envoy George Mitchell postpones a visit to Israel amid a row over settlements, as clashes erupt in Jerusalem.
  • Pakistan drone raid 'kills eight'
    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:38:33 GMT
    Missiles fired by a suspected US drone have killed at least eight people in north-western Pakistan, officials say.

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