08th August 2009
I would always recommend that your use a Regulated firm of Solicitors for your House Buying (or Flat). However how much should you expect to pay? Well as I am sure you aware in this Home Buying lark there are several options.
Firstly get a quote from th...
21st July 2009
Pension Transfer Complaints rise
It does not seem so long ago that Pension Transfers from your previous Employers Pension Scheme were all of the rage, and every adviser and client was scrambling to move money from one scheme to another.
We then had...
20th July 2009
The Chancellor announced an unexpected bonus for investors in his April Budget, when he increased the annual individual Savings Account (ISA) allowance from £7,200 to £10,200. The allowance had remained frozen at £7,000 for many years until it was incr...
16th July 2009
So you think you will be getting a State Pension (SP) at 65 ? Think again!
Ask the average man on the street when they think they will collect an SP and nearly all will say 65. If they are aged under 50, they're wrong.
Lord Turner (the current cha...
16th July 2009
The investment markets have seen unprecedented volatility in the recent 18 months or so, and we have been seeing more and more evidence of poor advice from many of the sources of Financial Advice in the UK market place. This is something that the Financ...
16th July 2009
One day when we live in a world of honesty and truthfulness we will see some investment products disappear from the market place completely.
With Profits Bonds | With Profits Pensions | With Profits Endowments | With Profits. (Full Stop) should all ha...
16th July 2009
A quick insight into older style UK (Insurance Company based) Personal Pensions.
Personal Pensions have been around since 1988 and in this time the industry in the UK has gone through great change. Now as we are well into the new millennium the issues ...
