Should you consider Junior ISAs for your kids? Personal Finance The end of the tax year is creeping closer, concentrating the minds of UK savers and investors on the hunt for the best deal. While most of the noise surrounding the 5 April deadline centres on securing the most favourable interest rates on cash ISAs and finding stocks and shares ISA with the lowest fees, [...]
Premium bonds fall short as investors miss out on thousands Personal Finance Premium bond holders are falling short compared to UK investors, missing out on thousands by choosing to dodge the stock market. Brits who keep capital instead of premium bonds instead of stocks could be losing out on almost £3,800 in earnings, according to data from investment platform Lightyear. The average premium bond holder with the [...]
Exclusive: UK retail investors ‘buy the dip’ amid market collapse Investing UK retail investors rushed to ‘buy the dip’ at record rates as they searched for bargains amid a global collapse in stock markets following the reveal of US president Donald Trump’s tariff regime. Buying across investment platforms has been substantially elevated, sometimes outnumbering sell orders by as much as four to one, data provided to [...]
Neobroker Lightyear to launch ISAs in challenge to Hargreaves Lansdown November 25, 2024 Neobroker Lightyear has received approval from the City regulator to launch as a fully-fledged investment firm in the UK amid intensifying competition in the sector.
‘Neo-broker’ Lightyear launches web app to compete with Hargreaves Lansdown February 12, 2024 While other start-up mobile platforms (known as 'neo-brokers') have begun to explore moving to desktop to compete with platform giants like Hargreaves Lansdown and AJ Bell, they have struggled to make the move to web.