ISAs

The British Bankers Association, the Building Societies Association and the Tax Incentivised Savings Association have published guidelines to speed up and improve efficiency in the transfer of cash ISAs between providers.

Matthew Craig assesses the role of ISAs in helping people to get more from their retirement savings

A RECORD number of investors are putting their savings into ISAs, new statistics from HMRC suggest.

A 'pension ISA' has been mooted by Martyn Laverick, head of group marketing at AWD Chase De Vere, as the possible solution to the nation's pensions deficit.

RESEARCH by Lincoln Unit Trust Managers suggests UK adults are letting tens of billions of pounds worth of tax efficient stocks and shares ISA entitlement go to waste.

FIDELITY FundsNetwork has called for further reforms to ISA legislation, on top of the changes set to come into force on April 6.

BARCLAYS Wealth is urging advisers to take advantage of its tax-free Guaranteed FTSE Account before the product is discontinued on April 4, due to changes in ISA rules.

INVESCO Perpetual is continuing its 2pc discount on the 5pc initial sales charge for all new ISA investments and PEP and ISA transfers.

INVESTORS are unaware of changes to ISA and PEP regulation and could therefore lose out on some of the benefits they will bring, research suggests.