MR MONEY MAKER: Spread bets by backing stock brokers

MR MONEY MAKER: Spread your bets by backing the stock brokers like CMC Markets By Justin Urquhart Stewart For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 16 April 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 16 April 2021 What’s happening?  One effect of the pandemic and the consequent lockdowns has been that many have tried to take up … Read more

First-time buyer 90% mortgages are reserved for ‘gold-plated’ borrowers, warn mortgage brokers

Aspiring homeowners hoping to buy their first property with a 10 per cent deposit face limited choice and higher costs than they did a year ago. Of the 86 mortgages available to first-time buyers with a 10 per cent deposit, only 25 of these mortgages are available to all, according to analysis by Defaqto. It … Read more

Chaos as brokers struggle to cope with demand from investors

Chaos as brokers struggle to cope with demand from investors desperate to cash in on the vaccine breakthrough By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 10 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 10 November 2020 Investors woke up yesterday to find their stocks and shares accounts were thousands of pounds in the … Read more

Aston Martin is lockdown bid target, say brokers

Aston Martin, Cineworld and The Restaurant Group vulnerable to takeover bids during latest lockdown By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 7 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 7 November 2020 Aston Martin, Cineworld and The Restaurant Group have become vulnerable to takeover bids during the latest lockdown, City sources have warned.  … Read more

Brokers expecting clamour for shares in The Hut Group

Brokers expecting clamour for shares in The Hut Group as firm begins trading in full on stock market, despite board concerns By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 20 September 2020 | Updated: 22:09 BST, 20 September 2020 Brokers are expecting a clamour for shares in The Hut Group today as the … Read more

The cream of Britain’s Establishment is wooed by often controversial Russian power brokers

For wealthy foreigners, respectability is the ultimate asset. Buying a mansion on millionaires’ row is only half the job — the real sign that you’ve entered Britain’s high society is by hosting a glamorous party there, thronged with titled bigwigs. And as this week’s scalding Intelligence and Security Committee report on Russia confirmed, their influence … Read more

Brokers prey on businesses desperate for coronavirus lending

Firms struggling to secure emergency loans under government scheme warned to steer clear of brokers charging to ‘fast track’ applications By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 22:16 BST, 27 April 2020 | Updated: 22:16 BST, 27 April 2020 Loan arranger: Chancellor Rishi Sunak Cash-strapped firms struggling to secure emergency loans under a government … Read more