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Money laundering regulations 2003 - important note for applications

We are required to comply with the above regulations when submitting your application to the VCT provider / registrar. If you have not used our service before, to avoid any delay in dealing with your investment please ensure that when sending your application to us you also provide appropriate documents as detailed here.

 

Existing clients for whom we have previously arranged investments will not normally need to provide further evidence as we will already hold appropriate details.

 

Risks associated with vct investments

Please note that VCT investments should be considered as carrying a higher risk than many other investments.

 

A VCT must be held for 5 years in order to qualify for income tax relief, though their nature means that they should generally be considered as longer term investments and planning for a 7 to 10 year investment term is more sensible.

 

By their nature VCT's are illiquid. They typically invest in smaller unquoted companies whose failure rate is often higher than larger companies. It may be difficult to sell or realise a VCT at a price that reflects the true value of the underlying assets therefore, and any buy back policies or promises are likely to be dependent on liquidity and not guaranteed.

 

As the initial tax relief is only available to those investing in newly issued shares there is no effectively functioning secondary market for VCT investments, which could potentially make it harder to sell VCT shares.

 

VCT's are complex investments that should only be considered suitable for experienced investors. If you are unsure about whether or not a VCT investment is appropriate or suitable for you then you should seek independent advice.

 

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IBIS Media VCT 1 plc top up

26 Oct 2007


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Ingenious Live VCT 1 & 2 plc

31 Jul 2007


2.5%
 

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Last Updated 02/07/2007