CTF under threat from lack of information

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Parents may miss out on advantages associated with the Child Trust Fund a new survey says after a th...

Parents may miss out on advantages associated with the Child Trust Fund a new survey says after a third of respondents indicated that a lack of information meant they had not even heard of the new tax-efficient savings vehicle. The Children's Mutual (TCM), the trading name of the Tunbridge Wells Equitable Marketing Group, says its response to this finding is to launch an information service to advise parents of further information about the CTF as and when it is released by the government. More than 9 out of 10 respondents said they wanted more information about the CTF progra...

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