Bruce posted on March 10, 2010 09:03
According to a recent report, Richard Branson hopes to enter the banking sector soon by buying up some of the RBS branches that the European Commissions is making it sell of, because of the government subsidy it has received …. [More]

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Stephen posted on March 3, 2010 09:21
I was reading something about the new National Employment Savings Trusts (NESTs – we used to call them personal accounts) recently and it reminded me why I do not particularly like anything set up by a government …. [More]

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Stephen posted on March 2, 2010 10:43
This month we look at the inability of economists to agree about the best course of action to re-balance the nation's books, the impact of events in Greece, the latest GDP revision and employement prospects as well as and our usual market review. [More]

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Bruce posted on February 24, 2010 09:07
There have been some nasty rumours going round that the “tax free cash” currently available under pensions could become taxable at 20% after the election. Not even this Chancellor would be silly enough to announce such a change in a pre-election budget – unless, of course, he wants to lose the election …. [More]

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Stephen posted on February 23, 2010 18:02
There is a commonly held belief that choosing the right balance of investments is more important than picking the right individual shares or other assets.. [More]

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Stephen posted on February 23, 2010 17:56
According to recent reports, one lender has seen a big shift towards borrowers seeking tracker mortgages. Why is this … and is it a good thing?. [More]

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Stephen posted on February 23, 2010 17:46
According to research undertaken by the Association of Consulting Actuaries, more than four out of every ten final salary (defined benefit) schemes have been closed to new entrants during the past five years.. [More]

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Bruce posted on February 17, 2010 09:03
Pensions commentator Steve Bee opened a can of worms with his recent article on whether pensions should be inheritable. As usual, his views are worth thinking about and a considerable number of people have taken time to comment. …. [More]

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Stephen posted on February 9, 2010 16:55
Those who are currently between the ages of 49 and 55 need to think very carefully about their pensions, during the next eight weeks. And the further away they are from 55, the more they need to do so …. [More]

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Bruce posted on February 3, 2010 09:05
Most of us will have friends – even family – working for the government in some way, so we are not against civil servants and local authority employees per se. However, news that half of new jobs created since 1997 were directly or indirectly created by the state …. [More]

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