MAS: You don’t know what you’re doing!
That was the conclusion drawn by MPs on the Treasury Committee, who launched a stinging attack on the Money Advice...
Tax breaks for married couples
Whilst a husband and wife have individual personal allowances for income tax purposes of £9,440 each, this only counts for...
Some thoughts on Crowdfunding
The Independent ran an interesting article this weekend about the merits and risks associated with ‘crowdfunding’. It described three different...
Now that’s what I call a correction!
It’s the sort of stock market event which causes the Daily Express to proclaim that billions have been wiped off...
It’s time to jail the reckless bankers
The onset of the global financial crisis has caused great harm to our economy, resulting in plummeting asset values, lost...
Informed Choice blogs now for registered users only
Since launching this website in November 2009, was have written and published over 1,750 blogs on various personal finance topics....
Anthony Bolton retires from fund management. Again.
First time round, Fidelity fund manager Anthony Bolton could rightly be described as a ‘star’. As manager of the Fidelity...
Consequences of saving more & spending less
As a Chartered Financial Planner, I’m always interested in personal finance trends. Our attitudes towards spending and saving often change...
No CGT on switch to clean funds
Here at Informed Choice, we are big fans of ‘clean’ funds. These only charge for fund management, with the cost...
Annuity rates down 29%, pension funds up 63%
The real cost of quantitative easing for those reaching retirement has been calculated as a 29% drop in income, according...