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Category: pensions & retirement & savings & Uncategorized
The typical working over-45 year old faces a ÂŁ8,955 annual retirement income gap based on their current savings and investments â meaning they will rely heavily on a state pension that will still leave them short, the latest Aviva Real Retirement Report shows.
Category: Lifestyle & retirement & Uncategorized
If that latter description sounds like you, or someone you know, youâre in very good company. Many of todayâs over-60s are living life in a way that has a lot more in common with 20-somethings, despite four decades of age gap. Being part of a circle of close friends, catching up on social media and even the odd spot of online dating; theyâre enjoying life to the full in a way that previous generations would hardly have dared to dream of.
Category: Uncategorized
Pension saving could undergo a revolution following the Chancellorâs decision to launch a consultation on tax relief for pension contributions, according to recent post-Budget analysis by âThis Is Moneyâ. Currently, investors enjoy a big tax break when they pay into a pension, with high earners getting the greatest perk.
Category: Business & Economy & Housing & Uncategorized
International real estate advisor Savills has reported that total transaction volumes in the UK retail warehouse investment market totalled ÂŁ1.264 billion in the first half of 2015, marking a 28% increase on the ÂŁ981.95 million transacted in the same period last year.
Category: Market commentary & Uncategorized
July was a dramatic month. Greece held a referendum and emphatically rejected the austerity package offered by its creditors. Motor-cycle riding Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis resigned, calling the creditors âterroristsâ, and the new finance minister, Euclid Tsakalotos, was seen going into yet another final, final crisis meeting with his negotiating position scribbled on hotel notepaper. In the event a bailout was finally agreed â Agreekment averts Grexit according to the headlines â more or less along the lines of the bailout that had been rejected in the referendum.
Category: Budget & Housing & Tax & Uncategorized
A major shake-up of the buy-to-let housing market could be about to take place, after the Chancellor announced plans to change mortgage tax relief for landlords. In his Summer Budget speech, the chancellor said that the relief will be cut to 20%, from 40-45%, in an effort to âlevel the playing fieldâ between buy-to-let landlords and ordinary house buyers.
