Numbers published today by Capita Registrars reveal that UK companies cut their dividend payments to investors by £10bn in 2009. UK companies paid out a total of £56.9bn in last year, which is 15% less than in 2008.
Changes to the requirements to earn a full State pension come into force from 6th April 2010. From midnight on 6th April, the number of qualifying years is being reduced to 30 for both men and women.
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,060.92, down 78.39 points or -1.53% on the day and down 127.6 points (-2.46%) over the week.
It is so important to appoint Legal Guardians for your minor children in your Will so that someone you know and choose to raise your children is able to do so without legal red tape.
Informed Choice was featured this week in the FT Business Mystery Shopper exercise, where three IFA firms and a bank were assessed by a prospective client. We are delighted to have received the highest score this week.
Interest rates have been kept on hold at the record low of 0.5% for an 11th consecutive month today. More importantly, the Bank of England has decided not to use further Quantitative Easing (QE) to stimulate the UK economy.
We are often asked by clients if they should ‘top-up’ their National Insurance contributions in order to get a better State pension when they retire.
In December 2007 Informed Choice was awarded the prestigious Chartered Financial Planners designation by the Chartered Insurance Institute. We became the 99th firm of Chartered Financial Planners in the UK.
Hargreaves Lansdown, the Bristol-based provider of a SIPP and Collective Investment Platform including ISAs, has started to promote Insight; an information and guidance service enabling consumers to effectively act as their own advisers and prepare themselves for the use of the HL Vantage platform.
Informed Choice was featured in The Sunday Times and the Independent on Sunday today. Chartered Financial Planner Martin Bamford was quoted in articles about investing after the recession and a Wealth Check feature.
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