Five things clients will call you about this week

FIVE THINGS

Nicola Brittain
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It's our round-up of the stories your clients may have read in the national newspapers over the weekend...

Lost pensions Although 'lost pensions' - by which we mean forgotten workplace pensions - have made the news before, auto-enrolment and an-increasingly mobile workforce is likely to lead to a crisis situation, according to the Telegraph on Saturday. If goverment figures are to be believed, this ‘lost pensions crisis' could create a £757bn trail of dormant pensions by 2050. Expect a call or two. Junior ISAs, should or shoudn't they? Despite the tax benefits of Junior ISAs (or JISAs), millions of parents are not taking advantange of them, reported the Mail on Saturday. Just 72,000 accou...

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