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Property slump hits UK spending plans
Plans by Gordon Brown to raise 16bn from asset sales between 2011 and 2014 to help rescue public finances are looking increasingly unrealistic in the latest sign of the government’s tough fiscal situation

BT’s pension scheme to hold less in equities
The UK’s largest private sector retirement fund cuts its target allocation to 33% of assets after having only enough money at the end of 2008 to pay about 57% of promised benefits

Funds tiptoe back to commercial property
Investors who have fled commercial property to escape sharp price falls may be reticent to return but signs are emerging that the worst may be over for the sector after two bruising years.

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Commission ban to improve choice for investors
New proposals to ban commission for financial advisers are expected to lead to a change in the types of savings and investment products that investors are sold

UK equities: Target 4,500 or 4,300?
When is the FTSE 100 likely to break out of its current range between 4,300 and 4,500, and what cues will the market take as it looks for a sense of direction? Jonathan Jackson, head of equities at Killik & Co, answered readers’ questions on Monday, June 22

Peers warn on tax flaw in pension reforms
The latest pension reforms for high earners could lead to “exceptionally high” marginal tax rates of much more than 100 per cent, according to a House of Lords’ report

Forest funds outstrip equities and property
The wood asset class has outperformed most others and remains as a safe haven, given its tie with longer-term commodity pricing, data from investment analysts show

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CML slashes repossession forecasts
The Council of Mortgage Lenders expects fewer homes to be repossessed in the UK this year than first thought.

Markets are giving the devil his due
Vice versus virtue? When investing, it seems best to ignore mother’s advice and go down the sinful route because, in the long term, so-called vice sectors outperform virtuous ones, according to two reports by US academics.

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Goodwin hands back part of pension
Sir Fred Goodwin, former chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, agreed to hand back more than a third of the pension he was paid after leaving the stricken bank

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Sign of firmer demand for houses
The discount homebuyers can expect when buying property at an auction has fallen to its lowest level in 15 months as confidence starts to return to the housing market…

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Pace of house price declines slows
There are clear signs that the pace at which house prices are falling in England and Wales is slowing, with the FT House Prices Index showing progressively smaller declines for the fifth month in a row in May.

Pensions pay the price for equity bias
Improbable as it may seem, just two years ago employers’ groups were beginning to badger government bodies about their biggest concern: pension surpluses