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Category: Market commentary & Uncategorized
Where to start this month? Until July 16th it was an easy decision: the happy, smiling face of German Chancellor Angela Merkel as her boys lifted the World Cup with a 1-0 win over Argentina. A booming stock market, huge trade surplus â and a trophy from Sepp Blatter. What more could a country want?
Category: Uncategorized
Itâs good to talk. But talking about money can be difficult, particularly as doing so has traditionally been taboo in this country. Despite many of us getting better at talking about other personal issues like relationships or our health, we still find money a tricky topic. In fact, research shows that only one in five UK adults has someone they feel they can confide in about money.
Category: Uncategorized
The British Bankers Association (BBA) has launched a public consultation to find new ways to encourage more people to save. Economists, consumers groups, academics and members of the public are invited to submit evidence and ideas about how to address the sharp decline of savings levels over the past four decades.
Category: Life Planning & retirement & savings & Uncategorized
A new Age UK survey has found that over one million people aged 65 plus in the UK describe themselves as always or often feeling lonely, an increase on the figures last year, and two in five (41%) say that their TV or pet is now their main form of company.
Category: Education & Lifestyle & savings & Uncategorized
Parents want value for money from their childâs further education â they increasingly expect a good return on investment from sending their child to university according to a new report from HSBC, âThe Value of Education: Springboard for Successâ.
Category: pensions & retirement & Uncategorized
Much has been written about the new dawn of pensions flexibility ushered in by the Chancellor in his last budget. Amidst the thunderous applause and cries of âlong overdue!â from most pension holders there were, however, stern noises from certain quarters â Labourâs Ed Balls among them â that the overwhelming temptation for many would be to rush out and spend the newly release-able funds on hugely expensive sports cars and exotic once-in-a-lifetime holidays.
