Reconsidering your pension contributions
Increases to National Insurance Contributions (NICs) from next April have made employee pension contributions less attractive. That...
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Oct 27, 20213 min read
The Budget Speech 2021
Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered the Autumn Budget speech earlier today. It marks the second budget of the year, however, it is the first...
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Oct 22, 20214 min read
Quarterly Performance - To 30th September 2021
Update on Portfolio Performance from our Fund Management Partners, Cape Berkshire Asset Management. Managing Director's Quarterly Note We...
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Oct 11, 20212 min read
A hint of rising interest rates?
The Bank of England has suggested that interest rates may rise sooner than expected. After its August meeting, the Bank of England (BoE)...
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Sep 27, 20212 min read
Widening gender pension gap with a Covid-19 twist
New research has highlighted a growing retirement income gap between men and women, which has been exacerbated by the pandemic. According...
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Sep 20, 20212 min read
Pension age steps closer to 57
The government has published draft legislation to raise the minimum age for drawing pension benefits from 55 to 57. At present, the...
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Sep 14, 20214 min read
Performance Monitor - To 31st August 2021
Update on Portfolio Performance from our Fuund Management Partners, Cape Berkshire Asset Management. Note From The Managing Director. A...
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Aug 30, 20212 min read
Pension lifetime allowance cuts on the horizon
New HMRC statistics show the lifetime allowance continues to be a useful revenue earner for HM Treasury, but rumoured cuts at the next...
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Aug 27, 20213 min read
Performance Monitor - To 31 July 2021
Update on Portfolio Performance from our DFM Partners, Cape Berkshire Asset Management. Overview The month felt like a battle to keep...
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Aug 23, 20212 min read
Social care rises up the agenda
A proposal to address social care funding is apparently imminent. “My job is to protect you or your parents or grandparents from the fear...
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Aug 18, 20212 min read
The Triple Lock trip up, take two
State pension increases and the Triple Lock are back in the spotlight. About a year ago, during the first wave of the pandemic, several...
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Jul 28, 20212 min read
What is an adequate retirement income?
A leading pension think tank has examined this question – but the findings aren’t straightforward. Over the years, there has been much...
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Jul 23, 20213 min read
Performance Monitor
Update on Portfolio Performance from our DFM Partners, Cape Berkshire Asset Management. Overview June was a positive month for all the...
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Jul 21, 20212 min read
2021: six months down…
The first six months of 2021 have been rewarding for investors, but the next six are uncertain. The first half of 2021 was a much less...
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Jun 22, 20212 min read
Timing Your Retirement Saving
Research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) examines how pension contributions fit into life-cycle patterns. Economists often...
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Jun 21, 20212 min read
Investment Performance Review - May 2021
This year it seems a new theme dominates investor sentiment every two months and this month was no different with inflation being the...
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Jun 8, 20212 min read
An investment sector reshuffle
The fund performance league tables have gained over 530 new funds since April. The fund performance league tables have gained over 530...
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May 25, 20212 min read
April was the month of benefit increases
State pensions and the National Living Wage both increased in April. April is the month when state benefits are uprated – unless they are...
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May 20, 20212 min read
Retiring in 2021… or beyond?
A recent survey of people who have or plan to retire in 2021 provides interesting insights, whatever your intended retirement year. The...
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May 13, 20212 min read
Tax Revenue Down For The First Time Since 2008 Financial Crash
HMRC release tax collection statistics for March and for the 2020/21 tax year today, revealing the first fall since the financial crisis...
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