Investment bonds also have favourable tax treatment - in much the same way as in France.

Here tribal bonds, not investment bonds, still rule the day.

Traditionally investment bonds only invested in the with-profit fund of the insurance company.

Moody's and other investment companies have other less common investment bonds that are also used.

Section 26AH - the "ten-year rule" for life insurance policies and friendly society investment bonds.

One smart investment Carroll made with advice was to set up a £3.9 million investment bond, which generated monthly income.

The new products aim to combine the tax advantages of unit trusts with the simplicity and flexibility of investment bonds.

Insurance bonds These include offshore and onshore investment bonds issued by insurance companies.

An insurance bond (or investment bond) is a single premium life assurance policy for the purposes of investment.

Ms Gee urged investors to tread carefully if an adviser recommends tying all your money up in one product, such as an investment bond.

Since the introduction of unitised insurance funds they have often been marketed as unit-linked bonds or investment bonds.

The Capital Investment Bond is a unit-linked life assurance policy designed for lump sum investments of £2,500, or more.

Ms Gee said: "Whenever I see a customer who's been ripped off, they've almost always been sold an investment bond."

"Investment bonds are not relevant assets for the means-test calculation, but you can still get access to the money to pay for care if you need to."

To take advantage of regulatory, tax and trust law, the group was successively expanded to provide pensions, investment bonds, unit trusts, banking services, and offshore policies.

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To build the Childs plant, the Arizona Power Company raised money through investment bonds sold by William Bonbright and Company.

Formed in 1981 ULSS helped set up and launch the first Scottish Amicable unit-linked policy - the Capital Investment Bond.

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Harry Wilson reports HSBC plans to compensate all investors of mis-sold investment bonds by its rogue NFHA subsidiary.

Try to envision, say, a posse of Stetson-wearing, six-gun-toting cowboys kicking up a trail of dust and debauchery as they roar past a water-cooler colloquy on investment bonds.

Prosecution claims that $24 million was taken from church building funds and put into sham investment bonds in two companies, one of which was Ho's artist management firm Xtron Productions.

Investment bonds we haven't covered, and they are a variation of a unit trust really, but they're issued by live companies, and you can do other things with them, and they have got tax advantages.

In reply to the allegations, the Church has stated that money for the investment bonds were returned to the church in full, with interest, and it did not lose any funds in the transactions.