News
Tax Planning
Inflation fell to 0.3% in January, the lowest level ever recorded and firmly below the Bank of England's 2% target.
17 February 2015
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Investment
Phoenix Life is deliberately withholding accurate performance data on the £37bn of with-profits bonds it manages in order to keep investors from exiting the "dreadful" investments in droves, according to a damning report by an IFA.
17 February 2015
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Pensions
Retirees will have little comeback if they receive poor guidance outside of the Treasury's Pension Wise service, lawyers have warned.
17 February 2015
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Investment Trusts
Fidelity FundsNetwork is to make Neil Woodford's Patient Capital trust the first externally-managed investment trust available on the platform, in what it says is a "clear intention" of more to come.
17 February 2015
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Investing in the profession
The shareholders of Tavistock Investments have approved the firm's takeover of Standard Financial Group and its troubled adviser network Financial Ltd.
16 February 2015
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Managed solutions
Multi-asset managers are adopting a range of strategies to protect portfolios if asset class correlations begin to break down, turning to sector-specific investments and raising cash.
16 February 2015
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Economics / Markets
Japan came out of a recession last year after two consecutive quarters of negative growth.
16 February 2015
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Economics / Markets
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has upgraded its UK growth forecast in the face of low inflation and falling unemployment figures.
16 February 2015
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Income
The £1.25m lifetime cap on tax free pension savings will affect workers who retire on anything from £20,000 a year, meaning those who start to save early could face tax charges of 55% when they retire, according to new research.
16 February 2015
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