The cheapest Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) providers Personal Finance Aberdeen’s interactive investor* has topped a ranking of Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) providers in the UK. According to Kepler Trust Intelligence, interactive investor* substantially undercuts its competition in terms of fees and was awarded “best all-rounder”. For a portfolio value of £250,000, an interactive investor customer would pay £204 in fees. In comparison, an investor [...]
St James’s Place fund in the doghouse over underperformance Investing St James’s Place’s Global Quality Fund has retained its spot as the largest fund to be consistently underperforming after falling 26 per cent below its benchmark over the last three years. The report from Bestinvest, which identified the funds in the ‘doghouse’ due to persistent underperformance, found 137 funds struggling to match their peers. Despite the [...]
Exclusive: Investment platforms flouting tax rules on ISA stocks Investing Almost all UK investment platforms have been breaking HMRC rules by allowing stocks ineligible for tax relief to be put in ISAs, a City AM investigation has revealed. AJ Bell, Fidelity, Interactive Investor and many others have been allowing stocks that should not get tax-free status to be added to ISA portfolios, meaning capital gains [...]
Fidelity and Abrdn among backers of new investment platform trade body September 22, 2024 Fidelity and Abrdn are among the big names to have joined a new trade body for online financial sites as the industry faces regulatory scrutiny and a government shake-up.
Should investors sell in May and go away? May 8, 2024 "Sell in May and go away, don’t come back until St Leger’s Day" is an often quoted adage, but does it actually work?