Isa take-up may improve on limit extension - Fidelity

A survey of over 900 equity investors suggests over a quarter (27%) are those people now more likely to invest in an equity-based Isa this year after chancellor Gordon Brown last November announced he would maintain equity Isa limits at £7,000 until at least 2009, rather than cut them at the end of this tax year as previously suggested. At least three in five questioned (59%) also say they believe consumers will be more encouraged to invest in equity markets in 2005 as a result of the Isa extension, suggests the Fidelity poll conducted by YouGov. Questions were asked of those people w...