I have some money with Close Brothers and am wondering about taking up their most recent offer of a 5% on a fixed 2 year bond. Have read in the press that there are rumblings about takeover bids some of which are potentially from overseas. Does anyone have any insight or advice - ie how safe do you think savings would be? For information I already ...

I am looking to invest £500K in some high interest bonds and am looking at spreading the risk. I have just put some in a bond with Bham Midshires and have received info on another bond from Bank of Scotland. When I read the small print, it appears BM is part of Bank of Scotland. I believe its the same with Cahoot and Abbey. If you have money ...

Does anyone know if Icesave is regulated by the FSA (ie would you be covered up to 35k as with UK banks)?