Comments on: Your ultimate guide to UK savings http://monevator.com/your-ultimate-guide-to-uk-savings/ Make more money, invest profitably, retire early Tue, 22 May 2012 19:22:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The Investor http://monevator.com/your-ultimate-guide-to-uk-savings/comment-page-1/#comment-25404 The Investor Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:36:54 +0000 http://monevator.com/2007/11/20/your-ultimate-guide-to-uk-savings/#comment-25404 @Ross - Ha. Yes, hindsight is a wonderful thing. To be fair, I do think this guide is unusual for the time of publication in even raising the issue - and loads of British institutions had money in Iceland's banks, it wasn't some two-bit operation. Also, all UK savers in Icesave etc have got their money back as far as I'm aware (although taxpayers remain on the hook, pending court wrangling). What strange and unusual times we have lived through. @Ross – Ha. Yes, hindsight is a wonderful thing. To be fair, I do think this guide is unusual for the time of publication in even raising the issue – and loads of British institutions had money in Iceland’s banks, it wasn’t some two-bit operation. Also, all UK savers in Icesave etc have got their money back as far as I’m aware (although taxpayers remain on the hook, pending court wrangling).

What strange and unusual times we have lived through.

]]> By: Ross Parker http://monevator.com/your-ultimate-guide-to-uk-savings/comment-page-1/#comment-25397 Ross Parker Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:22:57 +0000 http://monevator.com/2007/11/20/your-ultimate-guide-to-uk-savings/#comment-25397 "For instance, one of the top paying accounts at the time of writing is from a newcomer called Icesave, which you’d rightly give a frosty reception to – until you learned it was backed by Landsbanki, one of Iceland’s oldest and most established financial institutions." How did that work out? .-= Ross Parker on: <a href="http://www.rossparker.com/2010/02/14/kitzbuhel/" rel="nofollow">Kitzbuhel</a> =-. “For instance, one of the top paying accounts at the time of writing is from a newcomer called Icesave, which you’d rightly give a frosty reception to – until you learned it was backed by Landsbanki, one of Iceland’s oldest and most established financial institutions.”

How did that work out?
.-= Ross Parker on: Kitzbuhel =-.

]]> By: The Investor http://monevator.com/your-ultimate-guide-to-uk-savings/comment-page-1/#comment-18237 The Investor Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:10:53 +0000 http://monevator.com/2007/11/20/your-ultimate-guide-to-uk-savings/#comment-18237 Thanks James. I need to update this page - it's incredible how much has changed in this area in two years, from rates to ideas of risk. Thanks James. I need to update this page – it’s incredible how much has changed in this area in two years, from rates to ideas of risk.

]]> By: James http://monevator.com/your-ultimate-guide-to-uk-savings/comment-page-1/#comment-18151 James Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:34:23 +0000 http://monevator.com/2007/11/20/your-ultimate-guide-to-uk-savings/#comment-18151 A great list here and very detailed. Did you know the UK are offering an equivalent to what the FDIC offer in America? They are offering a guarantee on FSCS assured accounts so that investors cannot lose their money this is very attractive in the current climate when even ISA interest rates are abysmal. To find the best savings rates in the recession try price comparison sites A great list here and very detailed. Did you know the UK are offering an equivalent to what the FDIC offer in America? They are offering a guarantee on FSCS assured accounts so that investors cannot lose their money this is very attractive in the current climate when even ISA interest rates are abysmal. To find the best savings rates in the recession try price comparison sites

]]> By: Are rising Zopa interest rates an opportunity or a time-bomb? | Monevator.com http://monevator.com/your-ultimate-guide-to-uk-savings/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Are rising Zopa interest rates an opportunity or a time-bomb? | Monevator.com Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:34:52 +0000 http://monevator.com/2007/11/20/your-ultimate-guide-to-uk-savings/#comment-97 [...] even if rates are falling elsewhere, because lenders like me always have the opportunity to just stick our money in a bank account instead if we’re unsettled, and will demand more return for taking the risk. And if Wall [...] [...] even if rates are falling elsewhere, because lenders like me always have the opportunity to just stick our money in a bank account instead if we’re unsettled, and will demand more return for taking the risk. And if Wall [...]

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