Three things clients may call you about this week...

What may have caught your clients' attention in our weekly weekend papers round-up...

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Warning of the calm before the storm in markets, a round-up of Help to Buy ISAs, and new money going to an industry veteran - what clients may call you about after reading the weekend papers...

  Help to Buy ISA deals round-up OK so this round-up of the deals available to first time buyers as part of the government's Help to Buy initiative wasn't actually in the weekend Independent, it was published earlier in the week to coincide with the scheme's launch on 1 December. But your clients are busy people, and it is likely they didn't have a chance to catch the article online and share it with their children or grandchildren until the weekend. This article gives a good overview of the different rates of interest being offered for the various ISAs, but no details of the terms ...

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