Making the most of property

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Mary Stewart highlights the opportunities available to people hoping to use protected rights money to purchase property

It is perhaps ironic that the start of wider investment for an estimated £100 billion in protected rights monies has happened in the middle of the one of the worst financial crises since the Great Crash of 1929. A year or two ago, holders of self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs) could have moved any protected rights provision built up in insured funds into a wide range of thriving asset classes or investment vehicles. However, the reality now for many will be to double-check the security of a deposit account provider, or find another more prudent home for their windfall. For many SIPP...

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