The Observer index, January-December 2001 ... - Microform

encouraged to move their policies rapidly to other insurers
24/06/01 C 7 1>2
* Alternative investments 24/06/01 C 8>9 1>3 Illustrations
* Tips from the Credit Card Research Group for getting the most
out of your cards 01/07/01 C 10 1 Photograph
* Skimming - copying a valid credit card for fraudulent use -
cost the credit card industry £102.8m last year, pushing up
charges for customers 01/07/01 C 10>11 2 Photograph
* The best plastic for shoppers abroad 01/07/01 C 10>11 2>3
Photograph
* Customer Finance Awards 01/07/01 C 14>18 1>6
Photographs
* More and more of us are quitting our jobs to travel abroad -
often with the blessing of our employers 01/07/01 C 2>3, 5 2>4
Photographs
* How mortgage lenders are getting tough with rate-chasers
08/07/01 C 13 1>3 Photograph
* Alternative finance: a community scheme paying dividends
08/07/01 C 14 1>4 Photograph
* Membership of mutuals still has its privileges but competitive
ex-mutuals are giving building societies a run for our money
08/07/01 C 2 2>5 Photograph
* On average mutuals offer the best deals - there are exceptions
08/07/01 C 3>4 1>6 Photograph
* The low-paid are spurning stakeholder plans, and the well-off
are cashing in 15/07/01 C 10>11 1>5 Photographs
* Corporate bonds are worth a look 15/07/01 C 17 1>6
* People retiring with substantial pension funds are at risk of
being sold in appropriate investment bonds 15/07/01 C 19 3>5
* After years of penalising customers for mishandling their
accounts, the banks could be about to get a taste of their own
medicine 15/07/01 C 2>3 1>4 Photograph
* Best deals for changing bank accounts 15/07/01 C 5 1>2
* Top tips for a smooth bank account move 15/07/01 C 5 3>5
* The latest developments at Equitable Life and the lessons to be
learned from the collapse of Independent Insurance - see
Financial Institutions 22/07/01
* Investors feel appalled, shattered, incredibly let down by
Equitable Life 22/07/01 C 3 1>4 Photographs
* The Management Company travel policies are failing to pay
out a claim 22/07/01 C 4>5 4 Photograph
* What consumers can do to avoid being let down by an insurer
22/07/01 C 4>5 4>5
* A guide to insurance policies 22/07/01 C 6 1>5 Photographs
* How the oil giant BP became a 'socially sound' investment
22/07/01 C 7 1>6 Photograph
* Emotive oversimplification by the Inland Revenue can lead to
real hardship 29/07/01 C 10>11 1>4 Photograph
* Whatever became of… Manek Growth 29/07/01 C 13 1>3
Graphs
* A revamped Consumer Credit Act should end extortionate
lending and help borrowers 29/07/01 C 14 1>6 Photograph
* The share slump has exposed the questionable record of withprofits
investment funds used by millions 29/07/01 C 2>4 2>4
Photographs
* The Halifax Bank has launched a telephone motor insurance
product aimed at drivers with a clean claims record 29/07/01 C
5 1>2
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* Equitable Life's reassurances have not quelled fears for
investors - see Financial Institutions 05/08/01
* Alternative investments: Alpacas 05/08/01 C 11 1>6
Photograph
* The internet boom may be over but there is still a chance for
ordinary punters to make solid, if not spectacular, cash by using
the net 05/08/01 C 13 1>6 Photographs
* As an even lower interest rate fuels the loan boom, it's time to
cut up the credit cards 05/08/01 C 2>4 2>5 Photographs, graph
* Female finance 05/08/01 C 6 1>6 Photographs
* Equitable Life's ability to recover may depend on how
aggrieved members feel - see Financial Institutions 12/08/01
* Tony Blair will have to raise taxes by the equivalent of 4p in
the pound to deliver on public-service spending promises in his
second term, says in influential think-tank 12/08/01 B 1 1>3
* The shocking rise forecast in the homes and pensions for the
young 12/08/01 C 2>5 2>5 Photographs
* Insurance companies will be forced to tell investors how they
can get the best deal from maturing pensions and endowments
that they cash in early - see Financial Institutions 19/08/01
* Whatever became of… b2 19/08/01 C 11 1>6 Photographs
* Stakeholder pensions online 19/08/01 C 13 1>4 Photograph
* Ways of trimming spending 19/08/01 C 2>4 2>4 Photographs
* Holidaymakers lodging claims on their travel insurance
policies have been given a helping hand by the Financial
Services Ombudsman 19/08/01 C 5 1>2
* Zero trusts 19/08/01 C 6 1>6 Photograph
* Pensions 19/08/01 C 7 1>6 Photograph
* Banks and building societies are heading for renewed
confrontation with customers and regulators over the derisory
rates of interest paid on many savings accounts - see Financial
Institutions 26/08/01
* Whatever became of… F&C Higher Income Fund 26/08/01 C
11 1>6 Graph
* The open market option is your right to hunt for the best
income on annuities 26/08/01 C 13 1>6
* In 40 per cent of savings accounts rates are so low that deposits
lose their value due to inflation - and it's set to get worse
26/08/01 C 2>4 1>4 Photographs
* People travelling to the Eurozone are being urged to use euro
traveller's cheques rather than local currency traveller's cheques
as part of the move to gear up for the launch of the euro
26/08/01 C 5 1>2 Photograph
* Endowment fund holders can do better selling than cashing in
26/08/01 C 7 1>3
* Alternative investments 26/08/01 C 8>9 1>3 Illustrations
* There's lots to gain from tax-free trusts 02/09/01 C 11 1>6
* Mainstream lenders are now reaching out to the millions who
have poor credit ratings 02/09/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph
* The endowment crisis has hit millions yet regulators refuse a
full review 02/09/01 C 2 2>5
* Isa-linked mortgages 02/09/01 C 3 2>3
* Endowment policy case studies 02/09/01 C 4>5 1>6
* Cars are a costly habit that you can kick 02/09/01 C 6 1>4
Photograph
* How one mortgage customer of the Halifax Bank could see
refunds for thousands 09/09/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph