Sacrificing your salary
1 September 2011
Contributing a preferential sum into an employee’s pension plan Salary sacrifice (sometimes known as ‘salary waiver’) in the context of...
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Locating lost assets
1 September 2011
Many organisations can help you track down your forgotten wealth At any one time it is estimated that between £15...
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Retirement dreams undermined
1 September 2011
Retired people making more requests for financial assistance from relatives The latest figures show the number of pensioners relying on...
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Securing an income for life
1 September 2011
Converting your pension fund into an annuity Whether your retirement is a long way off or just around the corner, it’s important to think about how...
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Shared investments
1 September 2011
How to diversify your portfolio The risk of directly investing in a single investment is that if the price drops in value, or the...
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Life for pensioners could be about to get easier
1 September 2011
Proposals announced to unravel a raft of complicated tax laws Life could be about to get easier for the retired....
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Will your dependants cope financially in the event of your premature death?
1 September 2011
Obtaining the right advice and knowing which products to choose is the key Making sure you have the correct amount...
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In search of income
1 September 2011
Is your cash struggling to keep pace with inflation? The current low interest rates are good news for mortgage repayments...
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Social care costs
1 September 2011
Keeping pace with the growing size of an ageing population The funding of long-term care remains one of the biggest...
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Investment decisions
1 September 2011
New figures reveal the best-performing investment sectors We understand that choosing investments can be difficult, so we are here to...
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Retirement clinic
1 September 2011
Consolidating your pension plans The reasons people transfer their pensions vary, with some looking for better fund performance and lower charges, and others...
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Pooling your money
1 September 2011
Creating a wider spread of investments in your portfolio If you require your money to provide the potential for capital...
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Funding retirement
1 September 2011
Rise in the number of older peopleselling their homes Falling pension incomes and the rising cost of living have led to...
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Funding your wealth
7 July 2011
Choosing from different sectors There are thousands of investment funds to choose from and they are divided into different types or sectors. You...
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Protecting Wealth
7 July 2011
Planning for the future is not to be taken lightly We all want to protect our wealth and help ensure...
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Financial intelligence
7 July 2011
Retirement income consumed by the basic costs of living Investors buying a level annuity with a pension fund of £80,000...
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Retirement options
7 July 2011
Revolutionising the way pension benefits are taken Your pension is one of your most valuable assets but is it working as hard as it should be?...
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Flexible Drawdown
7 July 2011
Removing the cap on the income you can take After years of saving into your pension fund, you’ve now decided...
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Saving for old age
7 July 2011
UK savers face retirement savings gap The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has looked at the cost of living post-work and...
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Building a bigger pension
7 July 2011
Reintroduction of Carry Forward rules From 6 April 2011 the annual allowance for pension contributions reduced from £255,000 to £50,000. While this restricts the...
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