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Navigating The Buy-To-Let Market In 2022

Some sectors of the market have slowed, but people are still ready and waiting to buy the right type of property.

Significant changes are on the horizon for the buy-to-let market. Some of which will present challenges to landlords where older properties will be required to meet certain regulations in the coming years. Up to two-thirds of UK rental homes are not energy efficient according to a recent study, so there’s certainly work to do…

Making Your Rental Property More Energy Efficient

With change happening fast, landlords need to look to the future. The housing market, like many others, is

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Capital Investment Advisory Services LLC Raises Stock Holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ)

Capital Investment Advisory Services LLC raised its position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ – Get Rating) by 36.7% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 1,379 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 370 shares during the period. Capital Investment Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF were worth $126,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in

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How North West Regeneration Areas are Supporting the UK Property Market

Regeneration areas in the North-West are helping the area to stand above other regional competitors thanks to several key reasons.

Due to the creation of thousands of new jobs across a variety of sectors, many young professionals are moving to these regeneration areas in search of work. This is helping to support the rental market as many in this age group prefer to rent flats close to where they work.

With the influx of new residents, large new residential developments often accompany or are a part of regeneration schemes to make room for those moving to the North-West.

New builds

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Big Hit Music Shares Update On Legal Action Against Violation Of BTS And TXT’s Rights

Big Hit Music has released new statements about its legal response to the violation of its artists’ rights.

On June 29, Big Hit Music shared two separate statements regarding the protection of its artists BTS and TXT against personal attacks such as maliciously edited posts, false rumors, sexual harassment, and more.

Big Hit Music’s full English statement regarding BTS is as follows:

Hello.
This is Big Hit Music.

Our company regularly initiates legal proceedings against perpetrators of malicious activities related to BTS, including defamation, personal attacks, sexual harassment, the spread of groundless information, and ill-intentioned criticism. We would like to

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Credit Suisse: What’s going on, and why its stock is falling

Credit Suisse was trending for all the wrong reasons this weekend, as social media was in a frenzy debating whether one of the 30 global systemically important banks would collapse altogether.

The bank did open its doors on Monday. The bad news was, its shares CSGN,
-7.60%

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fell 11% at the open to a new record low, and have dropped 59% this year.

The market that has really caught the attention of traders is that of credit-default swaps. Those are effectively batch on whether a debt issuer will survive. The 5-year credit default swap widened on Friday to 250

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LEGAL UPDATE – Public Health Directions extended in Queensland

IN BRIEF By way of update, we attach the Public Health (Further Extension of Declared Public Health Emergency—COVID-19) Regulation (No. 2) 2022.

Summary

On 17 June 2022, Queensland’s declared public health emergency for COVID-19 was extended to 11.59 pm on Thursday 22 September 2022.

Consequently, Public Health Directions (PHD) with an end date of 24 June 2022 have been automatically extended until 11.59 pm on Thursday 22 September 2022. Directions will be progressively updated to reference the new date of 22 September 2022.

What does this mean for you?

If you are an employer or workplace subject to the

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Legal update: Review and public consultation on crowdfunding in 2022

In this snapshot legal update, we report that on 25 May 2022, in a written reply by Mr. Christopher Hui, the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, to Legislative Council questions on crowdfunding, Mr. Hui confirmed that the Hong Kong Government is reviewing the regulation of crowdfunding in Hong Kong.

The objective of the review is to provide clearer regulatory requirements, and to strengthen the transparency and accountability of crowdfunding activities. The review will also focus on methods to prevent fraudulent crowdfunding activities for potentially illegal purposes. The review will include a public consultation to be completed within 2022

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Why the Lower GBP Is Good News For International Investors

For investors outside of the UK, this unrest can at first seem alarming. However, the various factors affecting the economic climate are a perfect storm for the housing market, and one that international investors find themselves in the eye of. They are in the best possible position to make the most of the current climate of uncertainty.

With the pound falling, this means investing in foreign currencies will get you more for your money compared to in the past, as currencies such as the dollar or the euro will be worth more in comparison to the pound.

This means that