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New regulations promise another improvement to ISAs soon. Recent statistics issued by the Investment Association (IA) point to a declining interest in individual savings accounts (ISAs). In 2016 the IA recorded only two months in which new money flowing into ISAs exceeded existing money flowing out....

27 March, 2017 /

Tax year beginning planning can be just as valuable as its more familiar year end counterpart. The run up to 5 April, with the Budget (and often Easter) intervening, can be a frenetic time for personal financial planning. All tends to go quiet once the...

20 March, 2017 /

6 April marks the launch of a new ISA variant, the Lifetime ISA (LISA). One of the last surprises produced by George Osborne in his final Budget was the announcement of the Lifetime ISA. Shortly after Mr Osborne was replaced it began to look as...

13 March, 2017 /

Recently released figures show that UK dividends grew faster than inflation in 2016. The number crunchers at Capita Asset Services, one of the UK’s main share registrars, have been working out how much was paid out in dividends by UK listed companies in 2016. The...

06 March, 2017 /

National Savings & Investments are cutting interest rates from 1st May. National Savings and Investments (NS&I) has announced that it will be cutting interest on four of its variable rate products from 1 May. It says the cuts follow on from the Bank of England’s...

01 March, 2017 /