People simply aren’t saving enough into their pension funds. Despite the relative success of the auto-enrolment rollout and the increase of minimum contributions from 5% to 8%, there’s still a culture of misunderstanding surrounding pensions. With a reported 51% of the public believing that the minimum contributions are in line with the recommended rate of …
The rules around ISAs (or individual savings accounts) change relatively often and different types of ISA rise and fall in popularity depending on where savers consider the most competitive place to put their hard earned money. ISAs are a great way to save because of their tax efficiency. You don’t pay income tax or capital …
Introduction We have commented before on the difficulty of ‘hitting a moving target.’ Sometimes in writing this commentary you run the risk of what you write being overtaken by events, and that has never been truer than this month. In the short time between us publishing notes and you reading them it is possible that …
We are delighted to invite you to our Annual Golf Event for 2019, which is taking place on Thursday 12th September at the Sprowston Manor Golf and Country Club. The event will commence at 12pm where you can enjoy a bacon roll with a shotgun start arranged for 1pm, and finishes with a delicious three-course …
Introduction February was another month when all the important news seems to happen in the last week of the month. President Trump delivered the annual State of the Union address on February 6th and announced a second meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. The two duly met up in North Korea three weeks later, only …
In January, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released their latest Family Spending Survey, revealing the intimate details of British spending habits. In its 61st year, the report provides an insight into family spending habits, as well as showing how they differ between areas of the country. The average British household spent £572.60 per week …
The development of an online pensions dashboard has been given endorsement from the government and looks as though it will get official approval in 2019. So, what is a pensions dashboard? Keeping track of your pensions can be a real challenge, in fact there is currently over £5 billion worth of unclaimed pensions, sitting untouched. …
The contents of this article are for information purposes only and do not constitute individual advice. You may have a defined benefit pension and be aware of pension transfers but not have heard of partial transfers. A partial transfer is a pension option that allows you to transfer a portion of your retirement fund to …
Introduction The story of the US/China trade dispute was a thread running through much of last year. Some progress was made in resolving the dispute at December’s G20 summit and that appeared to continue in January with China saying it is ‘ready to work’ with the US. Donald Trump confirmed this, describing a telephone conversation …
Innovative Finance ISAs (IFISA) are a little-known type of ISA that can see competitive returns. Here’s a summary of what they are and how they use P2P lending to secure steady rates of growth: P2P lending P2P lending stands for peer to peer. It’s founded on a pretty straightforward idea: you lend your money to …
