Investments

Are Company Strategic Reports helpfully forward-looking for investors?

September 24, 2015 by TIna

Category: Business & Investments & Uncategorized

Strategic reports provide ‘very little insight’ into future prospects. Many strategic reports contain a mass of annual data and text, which is largely backward looking, finds a PriceWaterhouse (PwC) study. Information disclosed in companies’ annual reports is being buried in a mass of annual data and text, presenting investors with a tough challenge to unearth it, according to the research.

Market Report: The Chinese economy and its influence on the markets

September 02, 2015 by TIna

Category: Economy & Investments & markets & Shares & Uncategorized

The warning signs for the Chinese economy began way back in July, when the Shanghai Composite Index lost more than 8% on a single day. Overall, during the month of July the market suffered its worst month for six years, losing 29% from the peak June price.

Pensions and ISAs compared – how can you decide which is best?

April 30, 2015 by TIna

Category: Investments & pensions & Uncategorized

According to HMRC, 45% of savers in stocks and shares ISAs are aged 55 or over. These savers already understand the mantra of ‘gross is good’ and have chosen an investment on which there’s no additional tax due on investment growth and income. What many investors seem to be unaware of is that the exact same tax treatment is available on funds held within a pension.

Consumer Frustration with Financial Application Processes

April 29, 2015 by TIna

Category: financial planning & Investments & Uncategorized

New research from Experian has revealed key factors driving people to pull out of an application for a financial product or service. A lengthy application process is the number one frustration felt by over half (51 per cent) of UK adults applying for financial products and services, according to new research by Experian, the global information services company. The research, which looks at the top frustrations causing customers to pull out of an application, found that two fifths (40 per cent) of adults were deterred by the length and complexity of the application form, putting them off completing the application altogether.

Budget 2015: Help coming for most UK savers

April 09, 2015 by TIna

Category: Budget & Investments & savings & Uncategorized

The first £1,000 of interest earned on savings will be completely tax-free for lower earners from next year. Announcing the news during his Budget speech, Chancellor, George Osborne, said:

“People have already paid tax once on their money when they earn it. They shouldn’t have to pay tax a second time when they save it.”

Should you part-exchange your ISA for a better result?

March 25, 2015 by TIna

Category: Investments & Uncategorized

In a recent test, Standard Life put the ‘all new’ 2015 pension and the recently modified New ISA head to head, to see which would come out top in a £0 – £60,000 performance shoot-out and which one would prove the best for inheritance purposes.

Are Company Strategic Reports helpfully forward-looking for investors?

Market Report: The Chinese economy and its influence on the markets

Pensions and ISAs compared – how can you decide which is best?

Consumer Frustration with Financial Application Processes

Budget 2015: Help coming for most UK savers

Should you part-exchange your ISA for a better result?

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