The struggle of finding a mortgage in your forties, families being split apart by inheritance tax disputes and fears around cash held outside the UK safety net...the things your clients will call you about this week.
Mortgages in your forties Finding a mortgage gets harder in your forties, according to a piece in the Telegraph. The article flagged up concerns mortgage companies are "out of step" because they have refused to amend age-related criteria after the scrapping of the default retirement age. Investors missing out Another piece in the Telegraph details how investors have missed out on bumper stock market gains. The euro deal, it writes, has proved a "remarkable fillip" to equities with the FTSE 100 surging over the past couple of weeks. But with fund sales falling in September to their lo...
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