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Citywire Investment News

• Where are the best equity income opportunities?
  Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:01:00 Z
  In the global hunt for yield, the two continents are expected to deliver strong double digit divi growth, while the US and Japan lag further and further behind.
  

• Structured products: US covered calls offer tasty income in volatility
  Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:01:00 Z
  Covered call funds investing in US equities are able to deliver a dividend yield up to three times higher than that of the SP 500 while offering a downside cushion amid volatile markets.
  

• Property: battles as landlords and tenants clash on 'dilapidation?
  Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:01:00 Z
  Legal battles between landlords and occupiers over refurbishment costs are set to increase as the build-up of commercial leases due to expire reaches a peak over the next two years.
  

• ETF strategy: beware the overlooked risks of tracking error
  Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:01:00 Z
  While counterparty risk has been at the forefront of the ETF debate, regulators have ?overlooked? a range of issues wealth managers should also take into account including tracking error.
  

• Asset allocation: Kestrel's major calls
  Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:01:00 Z
  Kestrel CEO John Ricciardi is cutting his bond exposure in favour of a higher weighting in commodities and emerging markets.
  

Citywire Money, Tax and Property

• House prices rose 0.6% in January, says Halifax
  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:54:16 Z
  The average UK house price is now £161,000.
  

• The 20 postcodes most 'at risk' of burglary
  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:35:34 Z
  The areas in the UK that see the most home insurance claims for theft or burglary, and the postcodes that are least at risk.
  

• House prices flat as market 'dogged by uncertainty'
  Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:01:00 Z
  January marked the eighteenth month that house prices did not rise, according to Hometrack.
  

• Buying a house is now cheaper than renting one
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:01:00 Z
  Buying a house is over £100 a month cheaper than renting, according to Halifax. Wales is the exception.
  

• Mansion tax: a terrible, unworkable idea
  Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:58:02 Z
  Vince Cable?s plan to impose a tax on properties worth more than £2 million is impractical, unethical and cowardly, argues Linton Chiswick.
  

BBC Business News

• VIDEO: A380 wing crack checks to be extended
  Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:30:15 GMT
  Aircraft maker Airbus has been ordered to check all A380 superjumbo planes currently in service after cracks were found in wing components.
  

• Brazil oil giant Petrobras gets new chief
  Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:15:09 GMT
  Meet the woman running Brazil's oil giant
  

• CEO pay not linked to performance
  Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:13:10 GMT
  Why chief executives are paid so much
  

• Small firms: Your questions answered
  Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:11:13 GMT
  Your questions answered
  

• Annuities: Making it easier to buy the best one
  Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:06:25 GMT
  Making it easier to buy the best one
  

Citywire News

• Rental boom: record rise in new tenants could push rents up
  Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:01:00 Z
  The number of new private tenants soared 24% in 2011 causing many properties to be let before they are even advertised.
  

• Liontrust takes another bite of Brooks Macdonald
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:23:37 Z
  Liontrust's Anthony Cross and Julian Fosh up their stake in fund management group Brooks Macdonald (BRK.L).
  

• FTSE slips on Greek deal; Reckitt Benckiser tops index
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:22:58 Z
  Britain?s FTSE slides as Greek politicians meet to discuss major financial reforms for the country ahead of the next part of the EU bailout.
  

• Chart of the Day: China, an economic miracle no more
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:04:07 Z
  Chinese 'rebalancing' has begun, with major implications for investors.
  

• Safe havens in short supply, and only China can help
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:00:00 Z
  ?Tectonic? changes are wiping out investment safe havens, and the solution may lie with China, says Barclays' annual Equity Gilt study.
  

BBC News

• Study examines high suicide rate
  Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:40:07 GMT
  A rise in the number of Scots men taking their own lives has led to a widening gap in suicide rates between Scotland and England and Wales, a study suggests.
  

• Kate attends Lucian Freud preview
  Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:27:16 GMT
  The Duchess of Cambridge carries out her first solo public engagement, attending a preview of a new Lucian Freud exhibition in central London.
  

• Real still top football rich list
  Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:01:32 GMT
  Real Madrid head the list of the richest football clubs in the world for the seventh year in a row, says a Deloitte survey.
  

• Greek parties fail to agree cuts
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:54:03 GMT
  The Greek prime minister has failed to secure his coalition parties' agreement to fresh austerity proposals, needed to agree a new bailout package.
  

• Arab Syria mission 'may resume'
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:44:58 GMT
  UN Chief Ban Ki-moon says the Arab League plans to revive its mission to Syria and accuses Damascus of stepping up "war on its own people".
  

FT.com - Financial Markets News

• Stocks hit fresh six-month highs
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:14:09 GMT
  Hopes for the global economic recovery outweigh the sentiment-sapping impact of the lingering eurozone fiscal crisis
  

• US stocks react to 2012 forecasts
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:39:59 GMT
  US stocks open higher, but discussions in Athens to secure a further tranche of bail-out money continue to weigh on sentiment
  

• Centrica off the boil after Petronas stake sale
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:27:24 GMT
  British Gas owner among the sharpest fallers as London drifts lower awaiting news on Greece?s bail-out
  

• Euro strengthens despite delay on Greek deal
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:17:51 GMT
  The euro climbs against the dollar in spite of a further delay to a Greek debt deal, although investors still expect a positive outcome
  

• European cold snap fuels Brent highs
  Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:47:31 GMT
  Worries about supplies from Iran and Africa and freezing weather helps crude consolidate its recent gains to six-month highs