Thousands of savers in closed with-profit pension funds are being given overly optimistic assumptions as to what they will receive in retirement, according to research from comparemypension.com for The Sunday Times. The independent financial advice ...
Hundreds of thousands of high-earners face tax rates of up to 250% because of the government’s pensions changes. From April 2011, the government will withdraw pensions tax relief from those earning more than £150,000. It will do this, in part, by ...
Russia and gold were investment dogs a decade ago but had you backed them you would have made stellar gains. The JP Morgan Russian Securities investment trust is the top performing fund of the past decade, notching up total returns of 935%, figures ...
Prime property prices in central London have rallied more than 10 per cent since March, led by the growth in value of £10 million-plus homes, new figures show. Prices rose 1.2 per cent in November and are now up 11.4 per cent from their trough, ...
As the FTSE 100 index last week broke through 5,300 for the first time since the Lehman Brothers collapse in September 2008, we invited six of the UK’s top fund managers to our offices to discuss the market outlook. Most were downbeat about the ...
There is only one trade in town at the moment — sell the ailing dollar and buy gold — but investors could fare well by going against the grain. The dollar tumbled to a 15-month low against top currencies last Monday. It closed the week at $1.65 to ...
British workers remain overly optimistic about the age at which they will be able to retire, with just a third conceding they will work beyond 65, a survey shows. Just a tenth of people believe they will still be working into their 70s, according to ...
Lenders cut their mortgage rates last week despite Bank rate being kept on hold for the eighth consecutive month, but brokers warned that many good-risk borrowers were struggling to access the top deals, with up to half of applicants being turned ...
The number of accounts paying introductory bonuses has soared, as banks and building societies try to lock savers in for a set period or curb flexibility. The average short-term bonus on the best deals has risen to 0.9 per cent – higher than the ...
Savers are being urged to take full advantage of their pensions to boost returns as life expectancy rises. The BBC, for example, allows staff aged 50 or over draw an income from their pension while continuing to work. While few occupational schemes ...
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