Managing your investments

Millions of small shareholders face a tax tsunami from April

An estimated 1.8 million more people will be caught in the dividend tax net in the next two years, according to figures released by HMRC...

Fri, 31/03/2023 - 10:55

How the Lifetime ISA can shave years and thousands off your home deposit savings plan

Lots of wannabe first-time buyers may feel like their dreams of getting on the property ladder are slipping further away. The past couple of years...

Fri, 31/03/2023 - 10:45

Tracker funds dominate ISA season

This ISA season has been well and truly owned by tracker funds, which goes to show that the passive fund industry is still advancing onto...

Thu, 30/03/2023 - 14:45

Shock inflation rise creates rate hike dilemma

Thinking back just a few weeks when supermarket salad aisles were suddenly empty and people were willing to pay just about anything to grab the...

Thu, 23/03/2023 - 13:54

Lifetime allowance abolished in pension tax reform bonanza

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt revealed a series of surprise measures on pension taxation, with plans to abolish the Lifetime Allowance among the most eye-catching. Other major...

Wed, 15/03/2023 - 17:40

Eight trusts and funds for ISA season

Now in the throes of ISA season, people will be considering their investment choices and reviewing what’s in their portfolios before the start of the...

Fri, 03/03/2023 - 10:25

Is a Lifetime ISA a good alternative to a pension?

Getting the biggest bang for your retirement buck will be one of the key considerations for people choosing where to invest their hard-earned savings.

For...

Wed, 01/02/2023 - 14:06

Lifetime ISA turns five: how one investor turned £12,000 into £215,000

The new tax year marks five years since the Lifetime ISA was launched, after George Osbourne’s surprise announcement just a year earlier that he was...

Wed, 01/02/2023 - 11:53

UK unemployment, wage growth and inflation figures

The search for the peak in inflation goes on, while workers continue to hope (and strike) for pay increases which protect the purchasing power of...

Fri, 09/12/2022 - 12:05

Tax bills set to spiral as Chancellor confirms deep freeze on personal taxation

It’s not yet Christmas, but Scrooge has arrived early. The nation was braced for tax hikes after the new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, used the weekend...

Fri, 18/11/2022 - 09:04

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