F&C has launched a Junior ISA, giving access to its range of investment trusts for the 2012-2013 tax year.
The government has held firm in its refusal to bow to pressure to give almost six million children access to junior individual savings accounts (ISA).
Friends Life has inked a deal with FundsNetwork which will see the platform supply an ISA and fund range to retail customers within its heritage business.
Parents of children with Child Trust Funds (CTF) will continue to be blocked from transferring into a Junior ISA, the government has confirmed.
Halifax yesterday entered the Junior ISA (JISA) market, paying a potential top rate of 6%.
Peter Walls, manager of the Unicorn Mastertrust fund, offers his advice on which asset classes are best suited for newly-launched Junior ISAs.
More warnings about fund fees, a growing controversy around JISAs and an explanation of financial planning - five things the nationals have thrown up that your clients will call you about this week.
Paul Kennedy, head of tax planning at Fidelity Fundsnetwork, explains how Junior ISAs should be a welcome addition to the adviser's tax-planning armoury...
Junior ISAs replace Child Trust Funds from today (1 November). Maria Merricks offers a quick run-down of what advisers need to know.