ISAs

Professional Adviser's weekly heads-up on what your clients may have read in the national newspapers at the weekend...

Rewriting the rules on retirement planning

High street bank mortgage approvals were down 20% in November compared with the year before, new figures from the British Bankers' Association (BBA) have shown.

Chancellor George Osborne announced today that ISAs will retain their tax-free status when transferred after death.

The outgoing Bank of England (BoE) deputy governor Sir Charlie Bean has said it is "reasonable" to expect interest rates to return to 5% within a decade.

Hargreaves Lansdown has outlined five amendments to the rules surrounding ISAs ahead of the March Budget which it said could help boost saving and investment.

ISA investors are open to taking on more risk in order to increase their savings, research suggests.

Prosperity Independent Financial Advisers and Stockbrokers has joined forces with investment specialist Brooks Macdonald Asset Management to give clients targeted access to their funds.

More than half of consumers believe they would benefit from seeking financial advice, according to a report out today.

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