Category: Investments & savings & Uncategorized
When it comes to kids and money, there are few topics that cause more confusion for parents than allowances. When should you start? Should it depend on the completion of chores? If you give too little, are you a scrooge? If you give too much, will your kids become brats?
Category: retirement & Uncategorized
Are you relishing the arrival of your retirement, whenever it may be due?
A recent survey from Aegon found that whilst people continued to have positive aspirations for retirement, there was nevertheless a widespread lack of confidence that retirement would actually deliver.
With careful planning though, you can address all of your potential concerns and ensure you are ready for a happy and productive retirement.
Category: pensions & retirement & Uncategorized
Following George Osborneâs announcement during the 2014 Budget that over-55s would benefit from increased freedoms around their pensions, the government has recently provided details on its free âadviceâ service, which was also announced during last yearâs Budget.
Category: Economy & Uncategorized
Itâs only two months ago â on December 3rd â that Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivered his Autumn Statement. But weâre now just a few weeks away from his last Budget before the General Election, which will be held on May 7th.
Category: Market commentary & Uncategorized
The great thing about writing this bulletin is that you make a note of something which looks hugely significant around the middle of the month and then something else comes along which makes it pale into insignificance. In this case the âhugely significantâ event was the fall in UK inflation â what came along was the Greek election result and victory for Syriza, the far-left coalition under Alexis Tsipras.
Category: pensions & retirement & savings & Uncategorized
The new pension rules, coming into effect this April, will enable those over 55 to take as much money as they like out of their Defined Contribution (DC) schemes, at lower tax rates.
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