Fees bonanza from Caesar’s takeover of William Hill

Bosses, bankers and advisers will enjoy massive £169m payday from Caesar Entertainment’s takeover of William Hill By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:18 GMT, 26 October 2020 | Updated: 22:23 GMT, 26 October 2020 Bosses, bankers and advisers will enjoy a massive £169m payday from Caesar Entertainment’s takeover of William Hill.  The Las … Read more

Funds that manage £5 TRILLION – and cut fees using robots

The future: Worldwide, more than £5trillion is invested in ETFs Easy, cheap and abundant. That is the lure of Exchange Traded Funds – and investors are increasingly giving in to their appeal. These investment funds, that typically track the performance of specific stock market indices or the value of precious metals such as gold, are … Read more

MURRAY INCOME TRUST: Twice the size but fees are lower

MURRAY INCOME TRUST: Set to double in size if it absorbs assets of rival Perpetual Income and Growth By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 17 October 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 17 October 2020 Investment trust Murray Income will double in size next month if, as expected, it absorbs the assets … Read more

TalkTalk chief in blast at BT over broadband fees

Boss of takeover target TalkTalk launches blistering attack on rival BT over rollout of superfast broadband By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 17 October 2020 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 17 October 2020 The boss of takeover target TalkTalk has launched a blistering attack on rival BT over the rollout of superfast … Read more

Parents of private school pupils could be ‘hounded’ for unpaid fees

Parents of private school pupils could be ‘hounded’ for unpaid fees by a debt collection agency as institutions face ‘major challenge’ to survive Struggling parents have been warned debt collectors will hound them for fees Independent schools are concerned about their ongoing funding due to Covid Frontline Collections are a ‘gold preferred supplier’ for independent … Read more

Parents of private school pupils could be ‘hounded’ for unpaid fees

Parents of private school pupils could be ‘hounded’ for unpaid fees by a debt collection agency as institutions face ‘major challenge’ to survive Struggling parents have been warned debt collectors will hound them for fees Independent schools are concerned about their ongoing funding due to Covid Frontline Collections are a ‘gold preferred supplier’ for independent … Read more

Beware of sneaky ‘inactivity’ fees on currency cards

Holidaymakers whose travel plans were dashed this year need to watch out for sneaky ‘inactivity’ fees on prepaid currency cards By Laura Shannon, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51, 10 October 2020 | Updated: 21:51, 10 October 2020 Holidaymakers whose travel plans were dashed this year need to watch out for sneaky ‘inactivity’ fees on … Read more

Being short-changed over university fees? Here’s how to fight back

Students are facing an academic year like no other, with thousands up and down the country already forced to self-isolate.  Packed lecture halls are being replaced by Zoom calls as universities scramble to contain coronavirus cases. And with students paying up to £9,250 a year in tuition fees, universities are bracing themselves for a wave … Read more

Ivanka Trump appears to have been paid consulting fees as a Trump executive

Ivanka Trump appears to have been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in ‘consulting fees’ that helped reduce her father’s tax bills while she was working as an employee of the Trump Organization. President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter, who used to work as a top executive at the Trump Organization, appears to have been the … Read more

Coronavirus lockdown UK: Universities face demands to return tuition fees

Students and parents have started to demand tuition fee refunds as universities abandon face-to-face teaching because of Covid outbreaks. Thousands of freshers are currently locked down in their rooms as rising cases of the virus devastates the start of term. The intake has already endured the summer grading fiasco and some are now stuck inside while … Read more