Emergency deal would boost savings
The amount of money being saved into UK pension funds could jump by 30 per cent if people were allowed to dip into their funds in an emergency, says the Pensions Policy Institute.
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Trimming the fat
The number of fund mergers has increased in recent weeks as firms look to cut costs in the current economic climate.
Imitators get blame for the structured product problems
Blue Sky Asset Management chief executive Chris Taylor blames copy-cat providers for many of the problems in the structured product industry.
NAPF chair calls for more long-dated Govt gilts in PBR
National Association of Pension Funds chairman Chris Hitchen has called on Chancellor Alistair Darling to announce the Government will issue more long-dated gilts in Monday’s pre-Budget report.
Aim of the claim
Many advisers I have spoken to over the last few weeks have one question on their mind – are clients’ investments safe?
The curious market reaction to Brexit
Written by Mike Riddell29 June 2016 Headlines over the past few days have screamed about record falls in sterling, record low bond yields and massive falls in equity prices. However, if you take a slightly longer view of markets rather than simply the one- or two-day reaction, I think it’s amazing how little markets have […]
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PLSA signs up to Treasury’s gender diversity initiative
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association has announced it is one of 33 new signatories that has signed up to HM Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter today. This has pushed up the number of firms that have joined the initiative to improve gender diversity within financial services to 300. These range from global banks to […]
Borrowers spend billions in unnecessary interest: Private Finance
Private Finance has concluded that a borrower on an average standard variable rate could save over £4,500 a year by switching to a two-year fixed rate deal. The mortgage broker says, in total, borrowers pay £15.4bn a year in SVR interest, with the typical rate on a 75 per cent LTV loan being 4.39 per […]
Tony Wickenden: Offshore investing shouldn’t be out of bounds
Negative headlines have made offshore investing look fraught with difficulties, but overlooking them could be doing clients a disservice In the lead-up to 30 September you may have read a bit about the “requirement to correct” with regards to the offshore investments of UK residents. You may also have wondered exactly what it was. The RTC […]
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