Retail Bond Expert

With only six weeks left to make use of the 2012-2013 ISA allowance, savers and investors are increasingly considering retail bonds as a way to achieve above-inflation returns.

Retail Bond Expert confirms the need for caution as borrowers tempt investors with a whole range of both listed and unlisted bonds, and asks if it is time for industry standard product definitions.

Mr Bond looks at the appetite for private share ownership and investing for income

Consultation could lead to relaxing of rules around time to maturity as Treasury plots ISA rule change

Hightown, the Hertfordshire-based landlord, which currently owns 5,300 properties, is offering a fixed term investment via the Retail Charity Bond platform

Dartington Hall Trust, a charitable organisation located on a medieval Devon estate, has launched a retail bond issue to raise up to £20 million to help it upgrade and develop its estate.

Heylo Housing Group has issued a retail bond offering 1.625% due 2028 with both the coupon and redemption value rising in line with RPI

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