The latest Tax Action report from unbiased.co.uk has found that we will collectively waste £1.3bn in 2011 due to poor inheritance tax planning.
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,996.01, up 32.21 points or +0.54% on the day and down 59.74 points (-0.99%) over the week.
New figures from the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) show that Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) had a good year for fund raising in 2010/11.
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Nick Bamford was invited by the Times to take part in their live debate at lunchtime today, answering questions from their readers about financial planning.
The Economist published an interesting article this week about the foolishness of crowds when it comes to investing money.
More than a third of people planning to retire in 2011 have decided to put their dream on hold due to financial limitations.
It was interesting to read the comments from Stephen Harker, fund manager of GLG Japan CoreAlpha, today in Investment Week.
The latest UK price inflation figures show the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of inflation falling to 4% from 4.4% the previous month.
The FSA has issued a warning today about an unregulated equity release plan called Crossroads, from a company called Asset Income Plan Ltd.
The Independent Commission on Banking has recommended that UK banks should have their retail banking operations ‘ring-fenced’ from riskier investment banking.
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