The volatility experienced in global markets over the past six years has tested the nerves of even the most experienced investors, making it a difficult time for individuals who rely on income from investments for some or all of their needs.
Topic: Wealth Creation
Asset classes
When putting together an investment portfolio there are a number of asset classes, or types of investments, that can be combined in different ways. The starting point is cash – and the aim of employing the other asset classes is to achieve a better return than could be achieved by leaving all of the investment on deposit.
Spreading risk in your portfolio
One of the principal tenets of spreading risk in your portfolio is to diversify your investments. Diversification is the process of investing in areas that have little or no relation to each other.
Wealth creation
The first step to building wealth starts with a disciplined decision to pay yourself first, then compounds with a disciplined investment approach.
Saving for a rainy day
Fewer people are putting money away despite improvements to the economy
T he gap between the fortunes of savers and non-savers continues to widen, and research supports these findings[1]. ‘Habitual savers’ continue to put away more for a rainy day, but the total number of people saving has fallen, and, despite improvements to the economy, one in five people in the UK have no savings at all.
A new-look NISA way to save and invest
Have you taken advantage of your larger tax-efficient allowance?
The new Individual Savings Account (ISA) rules were introduced in July, giving savers and investors more flexibility and a larger tax-efficient allowance than ever before. Four out of ten people told the consumer organisation Which? that they would save more as a result of the annual limit increasing to £15,000, up from £11,880.
Wealth planning strategy comes under scrutiny
Concerns a tax planning arrangement was being abused
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has confirmed that new proposals for a single nil rate Inheritance Tax (IHT) band for trusts will not be applied to existing trust arrangements, where no further assets are added or variations made to that trust.
Managing your pension pots
Keeping track of your retirement savings
Over the course of your working life, the chances are you’ll change jobs a few times, picking up different pension pots along the way.
Yo-yo effect
Why so many of us are financially uncertain
Almost half (47%) of Britons are up and down when it comes to money, making shrewd savings one moment to justify overspending the next, according to research from Standard Life by YouGov Plc.
Tracking retirement savings trends
Records at five-year high, according to new report
The number of people saving adequately for retirement at 53% is the highest it has been since 2009 and the biggest ever year-on-year rise, up from 45% in 2013, as the impact of auto enrolment and improvements in the wider economic environment begin to take effect.
