New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have shown that employers paid £40.6bn into company pension schemes in 2008. This represents a £4bn (9%) drop year-on-year.
Informed Choice chartered financial planner was quoted in Moneywise magazine today, in an article about building a tax-efficient investment portfolio.
All financial transactions have advantages and disadvantages. Never buy a financial product unless you have had the disadvantages clearly explained.
Should you ever take retirement benefits early from your pension plans and in particular take the much loved tax free cash lump sum?
The UK economy officially entered recovery today, with growth of 0.1% in the final quarter of 2009. It means GDP fell by a record -4.8% during 2009.
The annual bonus rate for 1.5 million Standard Life With Profits policyholders has been frozen this year, following their bonus announcements this morning.
Making a will is an important building block in terms of financial planning. At the very least it helps to ensure that what you want to happen in the event of your death actually does happen.
The weekend papers are always an excellent source of personal finance stories. With so many papers to read and so many stories to digest, here is our pick of the five most important personal finance stories this weekend.
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford was quoted in the Independent on Sunday today, in an article looking at ways investors can protect their portfolios from an inflation spike.
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,302.99, down 32.11 points or -0.60% on the day and down 152.38 points (-2.79%) over the week.