Kensington Bad Debt Doubles in Fiscal First Half (Update1)
Bloomberg - Jul 12, 2006... Lower margins for so-called first-charge UK loans was offset by growth in Ireland, a ``higher margin market'' than Britain, and in second-charge lending, the ...

SKIing will cost kids their future
Fair Investment Company, UK - Jul 11, 2006As a concept, SKIing ('Spending the Kids' Inheritance') has become such a common phenomenon that it now has its own acronym but Friends Provident argues that ...

Bad debts take toll on Kensington
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Jul 12, 2006... Pressure on margins for so-called first-charge UK loans was offset by growth in Ireland, a "higher margin market", and in second-charge lending, Kensington said ...

Police to report on UK loans inquiry
RTE.ie, Ireland - Jul 13, 2006The senior Scotland Yard officer in charge of the police investigation into allegations of loans for peerages will appear before a committee of MPs at ...