ISAs

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.

AWD Chase de Vere has raised concerns the Budget's provision for savers to switch money in cash ISAs into investment ISAs but not vice versa.

RESEARCH by Co-operative Insurance suggests the number of consumers willing to invest ethically in an ISA has jumped by 18pc in the past year, with ethical funds under management in the fourth quarter of 2007 reaching £5.9bn.

Stuart Meiklejohn compares pensions and ISAs to see which is the most effective retirement planning tool

NET sales of UK-domiciled ISAs dipped into negative territory for the first time in a year, according to the latest data from the Investment Management Association (IMA).

ISA sales rose 7pc on last year's figures in the run up to the end of the tax year but were not as high as many had hoped, according to the latest IMA statistics.