Pensioners are being urged to inflation-proof their wealth as millions who depend on income from level annuities or the state pension see big falls in their spending power.Read
Unless you have been hiding beneath a very large rock, we all know that equity markets have had a torrid time for the last few months. Investors in this asset class have, yet again, had to hold their nerve and think of the medium to long-term otherwise risk crystallising likely heavy losses on a short-term view.Read
Governments of every hue in the UK have failed miserably for decades to balance the short-term nature of politics with the need for long term planning. This is nowhere more true than in their attitudes to savings and investments.Read
The global investment outlook seems to be dominated in most people’s minds by the outlook for Greece. Last week saw the announcement by Lord Wolfson of a prize of £250,000 for any economist who could come up with a workable solution to the orderly break-up of the Euro.Read
It was William Shakespeare in Richard III who coined the phrase “Now is the winter of our discontent” that was “made glorious summer by this sun of York”. For reasons too well-documented to repeat, the discontent in the global economy is still awaiting “glorious summer”.Read
Ever since the Government announced the introduction of Feed-In Tariff (FiT) subsidies for renewable energy projects in 2010, the race was on to maximise the investment opportunity, particularly within solar energy installations.Read
Ever since the Government announced the introduction of Feed-In Tariff (FiT) subsidies for renewable energy projects in 2010, the race was on to maximise the investment opportunity, particularly within solar energy installations.Read
One in six people have stopped contributions into their personal pensions. That’s in excess of one million people for which the recession has taken its toll as the squeeze on household finances becomes a reality.Read
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