Nvidia scandal leaves UK savers ‘exposed’ to fallout Tech British pension and ISA holders could be more exposed to Nvidia’s deepening spy scandal than they realise, with investment experts warning that millions of savers are heavily reliant on a handful of US tech giants. The world’s most valuable chipmaker shed around $190bn (£145bn) in market value on Monday after chief executive Jensen Huang admitted [...]
Burnham is wrong to scrap the Lifetime ISA Opinion The Lifetime ISA is a successful product, and new reforms will only make it better. So why is the government still going to scrap it?
A breathing space Budget? This is asphyxiation Economics If there were treats in John Healey’s pre-Halloween Budget they were hidden in a gloopy soup of tricks. Forget the talk about a low-key, ‘do no harm’ fiscal event; the Chancellor has delivered a mess of new interventions, subsidies, tax rises, quangos and complications against a backdrop of truly terrifying economic forecasts. Let’s start with [...]
Autumn Budget 2026: cash ISA U-turn is a backwards step for Britain’s investment future October 28, 2026 Protecting an incentive to keep money sitting in cash is a failure of ambition to stimulate growth, says Michael Healy Britain needs more investors, but the Chancellor has chosen to reward people for keeping their money in cash. His decision to protect the £20,000 Cash ISA allowance is a victory for the savings lobby and [...]
Number of ISA millionaires surges to record high with 25 people holding pots worth £12m October 13, 2026 The number of ISA millionaires in the UK hit a record high, as more Brits chose to plough their cash into the tax-shielded account. The total number of stocks and shares ISA millionaires increased by more than 50 per cent in the 2023/24 tax year, reaching a record 7,730 according to an FOI request from [...]
Sky-high school fees force parents to dig into pensions and savings September 1, 2026 Spiralling education costs after the government’s school fees crackdown are forcing a record number of parents to dip into their pensions and savings to keep their children at private school. According to a fresh Rathbones study, parents face a “double squeeze” having to fund higher private education fees at the expense of their own long-term [...]
Ask the expert: Can I build a £1m pension by 60? September 1, 2026 Fidelity personal financial specialist Marianna Hunt is back on hand to answer your burning questions, and today a reader wants to know how to achieve a £1m pension pot. Q. I’m 32 and earn £50,000 per year. I only have about £55,000 in my pension currently and want to grow that to £1m by age [...]
Ask the expert: Is this a hack for contributing £29,000 to an ISA? August 17, 2026 Fidelity personal financial specialist Marianna Hunt is back on hand to answer your burning questions, and today a reader wants to know if they’ve found a hack on UK ISA rules. Q. My grandson is turning 18 this year. I want to give him some money to invest in his ISA. Is it true that [...]
London Stock Exchange boss: We should know which companies our pensions are backing August 11, 2026 The boss of the London Stock Exchange has called on pension providers to be clearer about the make-up of their vast portfolios, arguing that greater transparency would encourage them to back more homegrown companies. Dame Julia Hoggett told City AM it should be easier for savers to determine where their retirement nest eggs are invested, [...]
It’s not up to retail investors to revive the London Stock Market July 30, 2026 The British Isa has once again reared its head. We report this week that Standard Life chair Nicholas Lyons has argued that the tax-free wrapper on a stocks and shares Isa should be restricted to investments in UK assets. “Do we really want to be lowering the cost of capital for American companies by giving [...]