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20 Nov Rise in popularity for venture capital trusts

Posted at 17:09h in Business, Financial News, HMRC by Thomas Grindle 0 Comments

New figures from HMRC show a large jump in VCT investments in 2016/17. In September HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) issued updated statistics on the funds raised by venture capital trusts (VCTs). These showed that investment during last tax year reached £570m, an increase of over...

13 Nov A different ending for Japan’s election gamble

Posted at 10:22h in Business, Financial News, Japan, Retirement Planning by Thomas Grindle 0 Comments

Not all snap elections turn out the same way...

06 Nov A pensioners’ bonanza?

Posted at 10:03h in Financial News, Retirement Planning by Thomas Grindle 0 Comments

State pensions will rise by 3% next April, but it’s not all strictly good news. On the day that a CPI inflation rate of 3% was announced, the BBC website covering the rise had a picture of pensioners “dancing for joy”. The supposed reason for their...

30 Oct Markets rise against the grain in Q3

Posted at 11:24h in Business, Financial News, Retirement Planning by Thomas Grindle 0 Comments

The third quarter of 2017 has ended and despite the heavy political news, investment returns were generally positive. Index Change 30 June – 29 September FTSE 100 +0.8% FTSE All-Share +1.2% Dow Jones Industrial +4.9% Standard & Poor’s 500 +4.0% Nikkei 225 +7.7% Euro Stoxx 50 (€) + 4.4% Shanghai Composite +3.9% MSCI Emerging Markets (£) +3.6% Think about the third quarter of this...

23 Oct Gearing up for the Autumn Budget

Posted at 08:50h in Financial News, Retirement Planning by Thomas Grindle 0 Comments

The Chancellor has announced the date of his first Autumn Budget as Wednesday 22 November. The second Budget of 2017 will be both Mr Hammond’s first Autumn Budget and the first Budget after the general election. Traditionally, the first Budget of a new parliament is the chance...

09 Oct Markets look to an early interest rate rise

Posted at 08:55h in Financial News by Thomas Grindle 0 Comments

The Bank of England has signalled that interest rates may rise soon. Early in September, the money markets were expecting the first Bank of England interest rate rise to occur in late 2018, at the earliest. A little more than a week later, the markets’ view...