Best place to put £50-100k?

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If a company has £50-100k in cash and is looking to put it somewhere to maximise return what are its options? At the moment, they're aware of 'high' interest business savings accounts with either instant or x-day access or bonds, but are there other options it should investigate and what are the associated pros/cons and risks?

Thanks in advance.

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R11ysf said:

What risk appetite do you have? On deposit I get something like 1.5% with a Natwest high interest account, but in reality it is sod all. Instead I take 25% and invest it to obtain a better (10-12%) return thereby achieving 2.5-3% on the overall sum.

That's an interesting approach similar to pension risk profiles I suppose; thanks for the input.

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Ash 996 GT2 said:

er, in my bank, have pmed my account details

Given your car history you clearly have no need for it!

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elster said:

A friend was in a similar position with a slightly larger amount and has invested in the phillipines in hotel rooms that has given him a guaranteed 6% for 5 years. The past 2 years he received slightly over that.

You do risk further competition at a later date, but with reputable brands not often a big problem.

The suggestion is not to invest in a hotel room as he did, but possibly look further afield to countries with good consistent growth.

Thanks, interesting. Do you know how he found out about/accessed the opportunity?