Home-buying or retirement: What are Lifetime Isa savers planning to use their money for? March 20, 2019 When then chancellor George Osborne announced that the government would launch the Lifetime Isa in 2017, the industry was stunned. Designed for people under 40 to either save for retirement or for a home, few people saw this hybrid product coming. Alongside concerns that the Isa could distract from the new workplace pension scheme, a lot of [...]
The pros and cons of using your Isa savings to invest in tracker funds March 20, 2019 With the 5 April tax deadline fast approaching, have you worked out where is best to invest your Isa savings? If you haven’t, you might like to consider looking at passive investing. Also known as trackers, passive funds simply track what’s happening in big indices, such as the FTSE 100, the S&P 500, and the [...]
Six tips to give your Isa a last-minute savings boost March 20, 2019 As the tax deadline creeps closer, by now you’re probably tired of the constant reminders to use or lose your annual £20,000 tax-free Isa limit. Perhaps you’ve been ignoring the prompts, putting everything off until now. You certainly wouldn’t be alone in doing so. In fact, looking at the past three tax years, wealth management [...]
Marshalls shares race to record high: What now? March 19, 2019 | City Talk Up 78 per cent since we backed them, the shares are still not expensive and the business is in great shape. Marshalls (LSE:MSLH) is an easy company to like. It makes things we all use on a daily basis, and it makes them well. Despite Brexit and a weak construction sector, its concrete paving slabs have [...]
Putting sustainability at the heart of the fourth industrial revolution March 19, 2019 The first, second and third industrial revolutions all forged paths for momentous progress, driven by human ingenuity in manufacturing, science and technology. The unintended consequences, however, were that each revolution became markedly more detrimental to our planet, and – in many cases – people and their communities. The clock is running down to the point [...]
Four common mistakes that can ruin your chances in a job interview March 19, 2019 | City Talk By Dr Janina Steinmetz, Senior Lecturer in Marketing at Cass Business School If you make it to the job interview stage of an application process, the prospect of a new job is very much in sight. Make a good impression and you are likely to get the opportunity you want. But imagine you get to [...]
No, you’re not ‘innovative’ – you’re lazy March 19, 2019 Companies are engaged today in what can only be described as the wholesale destruction of meaning. They overwhelm us with dreary, overused platitudes that serve only to obscure the messages that they are trying to communicate. So why is it that companies continue to hark on endlessly about their innovative solutions, unique insights, enhanced experiences, [...]
Asset management firm Miton boosts fund manager pay by 71 per cent March 18, 2019 Boutique asset management firm Miton boosted fund manager pay by 71 per cent last year, the London-headquartered company announced today. Fund managers saw their bonuses and rewards pay soar to £5.8m in 2018, while employees saw fixed compensation, including salaries, pensions and national insurance payments, rise by three per cent to a total of £6.9m. Read [...]
Thin Cats launches £100m funding programme for private equity backed SMEs March 18, 2019 Fintech lender Thin Cats has launched a £100m funding programme for private equity backed small and medium businesses in the UK. The loan provider is aiming to help private equity backed companies fund larger sized deals up to £15m. Read more: Oneweb lands $1.25bn in funding after successful satellite launch Recently the firm has provided [...]
New ‘halfway house’ pension scheme given the go-ahead in bid to reduce risk for savers March 18, 2019 Pensions secretary Amber Rudd has given the green light for a new, Dutch-style pensions scheme to enter the market, which bids to give savers more stability by pooling risk. The so-called Collective Defined Contribution (CDC) scheme, which is widespread in Denmark and the Netherlands, will be offered to Royal Mail workers first, before a planned [...]
