Interactive Investor looking for buyer

Struggling UK online personal finance operation Interactive Investor International has retained Credit Suisse First Boston to advise on a possible sale of the company or its businesses. Negotiations with potential buyers are ongoing says the firm.

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Interactive Investor looking for buyer

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The company has spent the past four months working on a strategic and operational review of its business in response to detiorating conditions in the online retail investment market. This has included a reduction in full-time staff from 128 to 95 and cut-backs in spending on marketing, technology and administration.

The cost-cutting exercise has gone hand-in-hand with an effort to develop more transactional products in a bid to enhance the long-term profitability of its customers. As at 28 February 2001, the company had approximately 1.2 million registered accounts and 310,000 portfolio users of its service.

In a statement, Interactive Investor says that any new transactional capability will best be progressed by way of a "strategic partnership" with a third party. CSFB has been advising the company on a sale to a third party, but no deals have yet been agreed. Discussions are ongoing says the company.

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