Millions of homeowners can’t cope with just 0.25% rate rise
Millions of homeowners can’t cope with just 0.25% rate rise.
Ignorance of inheritance tax rules may result in a crippling tax bill for families
Ignorance of inheritance tax rules may result in a crippling tax bill for families
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St James’s Place overtakes Sesame in FCA complaints data
St James’s Place has overtaken Sesame to receive more complaints to the Financial Conduct Authority in the first half of 2016. If you or any one you know have any investments with St James’s Place and wish to discuss these with a Chartered Indpendant Financiial Adviser please do not heistate to contact us for a…
Lloyds boss predicts ‘rapid’ equity release growth
Many retirees have savings locked in their homes – ‘property rich’ and ‘cash poor’ – without an affordable way to fund retirement, people are forced to work longer or have a lower than expected standard of living in later life. Please click to read more or contact us to discuss this further. Click Here to…
50% of mortgages are not protected
There are an alarming number of mortgage holders who are putting themselves at significant risk According to a worrying new report from Scottish Widows, half of the UK’s mortgage holders have no life cover in place. This equates to 8.2 million people who have left themselves and their families financially exposed should the worst happen.The…
Osborne’s latest stealth tax grab from pensioners
The Chancellor quietly announced taking another £1.25bn from pensioners in his March Budget. He did not put it quite like that, of course. In fact, he did not mention it at all. But there it was in a line labelled “Annuities: secondary market” before you go dashing off to cash in your annuity come and…
Fake Pension Advice
Savers are facing a new wave of increasingly sophisticated attacks from criminals looking to access their pension savings as experts warn the challenge of detecting and stopping frauds is getting harder.A Citizens Advice poll this week found most consumers are unable to spot the warning signs of pension scams.In a survey of 2,006 British adults,…
