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.
In his latest Best Advice column for Money Marketing, Informed Choice Chief Executive Nick Bamford describes how you can know if your financial adviser meets the new standards being introduced by the Financial Services Authority.
The difference between need and want is an important part of retirement planning when choosing annuity options. Choices sometimes force you to have to think and consider what you really need, rather than what you might want.
Any one dealing with a Financial Planner will expect them to behave with integrity and honesty. That must surely be a given. I guess they would also want their Financial Planner to be sincere.
Standard Life was on the receiving end of a substantial regulatory fine today, for publishing misleading literature about its Pension Sterling fund. Getting your understanding of investment risk wrong can have serious consequences if you are an investor.
The price inflation figures published this morning make for some grim reading, if you take them at face value. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measure of inflation increased to 2.9%, up from 1.9% for the year to November.
It is not unusual for a couple to have both their own residential property and also a buy-to-let property and to have an outstanding mortgage on one or both properties.
A local lady came into see me yesterday for some basic advice about her pensions. Like many people I meet, she started our conversation by pointing out that “I don’t really understand pensions”.
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