Financial Capability in the UK
We look at financial capability in the UK through the lens of three government reports and an opinion poll. What can be done to improve things?
Category: News
Who’s afraid of sequencing risk?
We re-visit current thinking around sequencing risk – are recent claims that it is exaggerated true, or should we still fear "pound cost ravaging"?
Weekly Roundup, 7th July 2015
Weekly Roundup for the UK Private Investor: retirement savings, stamps, benefits and tax credits, fracking and a half-year review of the markets.
The future of retirement – NEST & the pension freedoms
We review "The future of retirement" – a report from the government’s workplace pension provider that examines what people might do with their pension pots.
Scottish Widows Retirement Report – record savings are not enough
We take a look at the Scottish Widows Retirement Report – people are saving more towards retirement than ever, but it’s still not enough.
Weekly Roundup, 23rd June 2015
Weekly Roundup for the UK Private Investor: market complacency, P2P for SMEs, private wealth, UK fracking, alternative VC, true contrarians and Bitcoin
Weekly Roundup, 16th June 2015
Weekly Roundup for the long-term UK Private Investor: lifestyling, bull market, China, executive pay, the next recession, CAPE critique, pensions & El Nino.
UKFinanceOver30 – We made a sub-reddit
UKFinanceOver30 – we explain how reddit works, and why we’ve created a sub-reddit for long-term UK private investors.
Weekly Roundup, 9th June 2015
Weekly Roundup for the UK Private Investor: UK tax, bubbles – US stocks, China, bonds, tech and biotech – pay incentives and inequality.
Weekly Roundup, 2nd June 2015
Weekly Roundup for the UK Private Investor: compounding, CGT, inheritance tax, divestment, the yuan, north sea oil, forestry, UK productivity, basic income
Company Pension Deficits
We take a look at Company Pension Deficits, and why they are proving so difficult to pay down.
