Graduate tax would prompt top graduates to leave Britain, CBI warns – The Guardian


The Guardian

Graduate tax would prompt top graduates to leave Britain, CBI warns
The Guardian
But the government could charge students a higher rate of interest, he suggested. At the moment they charge a near zero interest rate on their loans. ...

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The Riskiest Pension Assets (and The Implications For Muni Bonds) – Daily Markets


The Riskiest Pension Assets (and The Implications For Muni Bonds)
Daily Markets
Wilshire expects 10.0% annualized returns from private equity, higher than any other major asset class. Wilshire, however, also acknowledged that private ...

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MLPs Go Institutional – Quinn Kiley – Seeking Alpha (blog)


MLPs Go Institutional - Quinn Kiley
Seeking Alpha (blog)
Going forward, we expect interest rates are going to turn around and start rising; it's probably going to be next year or later depending on what the ...

What Kind of Capitalism? – Huffington Post (blog)


What Kind of Capitalism?
Huffington Post (blog)
This is the highest rate of long-term unemployment since the government began keeping such records in 1948. About a quarter of the unemployed had been ...

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Debt, equity mix needed to counter volatility – Economic Times


Debt, equity mix needed to counter volatility
Economic Times
Now that the interest rates too are on the rise, even short-term debt products manage to give some good returns. For instance, the annualised yield on a ...