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Investors' blogKeiron Root, editor of What Investment:
Keiron Root has been a financial journalist for 21 years. Currently editor of What Investment, he joined the title in April 1989, and has held a senior editorial position since January 1990. At various times he has also written regular investment columns for The Independent and GQ magazine. Keiron was awarded the title of Consumer Financial Journalist of the year by the Association of Investment Companies in 2005 and 2007.
About What Investment:
What Investment is the essentially monthly consumer magazine, with in-depth news & feature coverage of all today’s and tomorrows investment issues. Since its launch in 1982, What Investment has maintained the highest standards of editorial accuracy, breadth of information and detailed technical fact. In 100 pages or more every month, the magazine give its investment-experienced readers all the details they need to actively manage their portfolios.
Each issue is packed full of all the latest news and views, regular reader offers as well as a host of special supplements on hot topics. Regular sections provide readers with stock market reports and analysis including individual shares, bonds and commodities, information and reviews on the latest investment options; full details on unit and investment trust investments; how and where the fund managers are investing; the burgeoning financial derivative markets and of course the most comprehensive investment and unit trust performance tables in the market.
Coming up to it’s 25th Birthday, What Investment still provides advertisers with the perfect opportunity to reach mature, independent, unencumbered investors all of whom have significant investment experience.
To find out more visit WhatInvestment.co.uk.
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Suspended animation 22 August 2008 [0 comments]
I currently hold shares in an AIM-listed company and was about to sell these to realise losses (to offset against gains elsewhere), but the shares have since been suspended and I think the company is now in administration.
The current value based on the suspended price is around £1,400, and the realised losses based on that value would be around £12,000.
The losses are more valuable to me at the moment than the actual value of the shares themselves, and I need those available by the end of this tax year. I assume it’s not possible to roll gains forward?
Is there any way that I can now realise these losses given that I cannot sell the shares? I am wondering if gifting them might be a way of releasing the losses? I’m thinking perhaps either to my brother (but am not sure what tax implications this might have for him) or to charity (and whether I could then claim tax relief on the value gifted)?
Is any of this possible, or are there any better alternative routes? Any advice would be very much appreciated.
Mrs K Hall
Kent
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