Weekly Roundup, April 21st 2015
Weekly Roundup for the UK Private Investor: election and the markets, takeover boom, shale oil proves resilient, wine investing and P2P in SIPPs.
Category: News
Weekly Roundup, 14th April 2015
Weekly Roundup for the UK Private Investor: pensions vs earnings, VCT demand, property turnover, slow growth, US crowdfunding and income redistribution.
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow – More Industry Spin
We look at a recent report from the insurance industry which uses straw men and dubious assumptions to push the idea that annuities are still a good thing.
Weekly Roundup, 31st March 2015
Weekly Roundup for the UK Private Investor: QE, emerging markets, robots, unpicking Picketty, election jitters and don’t blow your pension.
Economics Manifesto – New Savings Culture
We look at the Economics Manifesto from Policy Exchange. Will its proposals lead to a new savings culture in Britain, or is there an elephant in the room?
Budget 2015
We take a look at Osborne’s last Budget of this Parliament – pension lifetime allowance, ISAs, VCTs, incomes & savings tax, Help to Buy ISA and oil tax cuts.
Weekly Roundup, 18th March 2015
Weekly Roundup for the UK Private Investor: savings inequality, tax-free pensions, the housing crisis, traded annuities, art, care costs and wages.
Weekly Roundup, 10th March 2015
Weekly Roundup for the UK Private Investor: tax avoidance, VCTs, pensions, P2P, crowdfunding, farmland, trading rules, Apple and property taxes
Weekly Roundup, 4th March 2015
We begin today’s weekly roundup as usual in the FT. FTSE-100 all-time high In fact, we begin where we left off last week, with the FTSE-100 hitting record highs. Judith…
Are Pensions Finished?
Today’s post is about a paper from Michael Johnston of the Centre for Policy Studies. The paper calls for additional protections for savers in the light of the upcoming pension…
