Financial Planning Blog

Election Uncertainty

January 27, 2015 9:55 pm Published by Stephen Groves

‘Sell in May and go away’, runs the old stockmarket adage – but what happens when May involves a UK...

December 17, 2014 3:12 pm Published by Stephen Groves

UK interest rates have languished at an all-time low of 0.5% since March 2009 in a strategy designed to shore...

December 15, 2014 3:01 pm Published by Stephen Groves

The 2014 Autumn Statement confirmed the dawning of a new era in pensions. A number of the changes had already...

December 13, 2014 3:04 pm Published by Stephen Groves

The 2014 Autumn Statement provided another opportunity for Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne to make Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs)...

December 10, 2014 2:58 pm Published by Stephen Groves

The process of buying a house has undergone an overhaul with the wholesale reform of the stamp duty system. Before...

November 7, 2014 3:07 pm Published by Stephen Groves

The FTSE 100 index experienced high levels of volatility over the first half of October as investors mulled the possibility...

October 10, 2014 10:42 am Published by Stephen Groves

Following the pension freedoms introduced in the Budget earlier in the year, the government has now announced major changes to...

September 28, 2014 10:40 am Published by Stephen Groves

Recent legislative changes designed to introduce “Freedom and Choice in Pensions” will take effect on 6th April 2015. Individuals will...