Investments
New year, new opportunities
Our top tips for 2020 While we won’t be going on holiday this year, we can use this time to focus on our other financial goals - like saving towards home improvements or putting away regular installments into a pension. Our advisers can help you get the most out of your money, so your hard-earned [...]
Six ways to stay on track during a period of economic downturn
The global economy is expected to shrink by 3.0% during 2020 as the world comes to terms with the impact of coronavirus, causing an economic downturn. This will mark the steepest downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Monetary Fund said in April.[i] There seems to be no getting past that now [...]
Covid-19 sparks new wave of fraud as losses near £1m
Coronavirus related fraud reports are up 400 per cent, according to new figures from Action Fraud today.
How the equity release market fared in 2019
Equity release continues to be a major way of providing retirement income, according to research published by Key Retirement Solution, one of the UK’s leading equity release specialists. It wasn’t all plain sailing in 2019 as the sector suffered some of the effects of political and economic instability resulting in a 4% drop in total [...]
Can I transfer my pension to another pension?
If you’ve had more than one job, you may have multiple workplace pensions and find it difficult to k...
How can you avoid greenwashing?
Impact Investing has become more popular - but its not just a case of putting 'green' in front of a...
Beyond ‘active’ and ‘index’ investing
Describing an investment as ‘active’ or ‘passive’ doesn’t fully explain how your investment manager...
Is uncertainty the new normal or has it always been that way?
What's 'normal' in investing? Uncertainty. Investing in the good times and the bad, we look at risk...