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“Three reasons to steer clear of cash”
They’re not talking about the stuff you used to get from a ‘hole in the wall’, now more likely if...
“Britain has lost 435 financial advice firms since 2022”
Headline figures, there were over 200,000 financial advisers at the end of the ’90s, there are...
“New call for £15,000 personal tax allowance threshold for people on State Pension”
Currently around 11m of us file a tax return by that awful deadline of 31st Jan. That might sound...
“Save £460 a month in your twenties to become ‘pension millionaire’”
I’m sure the first reaction of most will be ‘easier said than done’. If you’re in you, or more...
“Middle-aged people in a relationship find it easier to plan for retirement”
This may come as a surprise to many a married person, but it seems that being single is far more...
“What could the next General Election mean for UK equities?”
How worried should we be about a change (by which, read, to Labour) of government? Well, one...
“Rental prices up 6.2% in 12 months to January – ONS”
The number of under-40s, in particular, renting without apparent hope of buying has risen by over...
“UK slips into recession as economy contracts 0.1% in December”
This week’s big economic and bad election news is that we are, or certainly have been, officially...
“Are US stocks bubbling up?”
‘I’ve seen how much the S&P 500 has gone up, why haven’t my investments done the same?’, I’ve...
“Platforms call for UK government to resist launching ‘retrograde’ British ISAs”
There is a school of thought which might say that, should you wish to revive and encourage...
“People put off from pension saving by complex system”
Many of the conversations we have with clients about pensions involve helping them to understand...
“What next for investors if interest rates have peaked?”
What next is a much better couple (or more) of years ahead. If you have investments, you’ll have...
“Midlifers face ‘uphill challenge’ when saving for comfortable retirement”
There are a heck of a lot of variables to consider here. One person’s midlife is another’s old age...
“Govt cannot expect people to pay mortgage if ministers struggle”
And here are the real-life effects of high, or at least much-higher-than-they-were, interest and...
“Bank of England holds rates steady at 5.25% as inflation concerns persist”
So interest rates are staying up here, and, as importantly for us, our investments and the rest of...