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BRITAIN is on course for another bumper year for commercial property investment in 2006, after a record £50 billion of offices, shops, leisure outlets and industrial buildings changed hands in 2005. CB Richard Ellis, the world's biggest property consultant, said that £43.7 billion of commercial properties had changed hands by the end of November. After a last-minute rush to complete deals by the year-end, £50 billion of transactions are expected to have been finalised before January — boosted by a £13 billion spending spree by German, Irish and Middle Eastern investors.

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Michael Simpson, partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), has been appointed full-time liquidator of Shepherds' four funds domiciled in the Isle of Man in an attempt to retrieve as many assets as possible for investors. You may recall previous bulletins we have covered detailing the plight of this fund and other similar Traded Life Policy investments in particular Mutual Benefits Corporation (MBC) whose license was suspended in May 04 by the SEC. Unfortunately, these funds were widely sold throughout the GCC.

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Get rich quick schemes are everywhere. Unfortunately these schemes tend to make their promoters rich quickly — often at the expense of investors. We have warned you of their existence in previous bulletins so be on the look out! There is another way however and one we subscribe to wholeheartedly ...

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Best of the Season and a Prosperous New Year to one and all. We hope this will be a year full of peace and happiness for the world and we trust it bodes well for you.

If you have made any New Year's resolutions which are financially orientated then give us a call and we will help you keep them. Whether it is sorting out your Will, getting the family protected or simply saving some money - we can help. We look forward to seeing all of our Clients and our new supporters too over the coming months.

Once again, all the best for 2006!

London based financial services firm, Old Mutual, has finally won its bid to take over Swedish life insurance company, Skandia. The original bid was made some months back but turned sour when Skandia’s directors urged its shareholders to reject it. They have since then tried to gather support among shareholders, claiming the company’s future would be better if it remained independent. For the full story