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Nationwide HPI: “January was a tale of two halves” – reaction from estate agents and brokers
Following the Nationwide January house price index published this morning, Newspage have shared the thoughts of estate agents, mortgage brokers and financial advisers with IFA Magazine: Nick Harris, co-founder at Wokingham-based Quarters Residential Estate...
Strong return for Structured Products in 2022
Investors secured strong returns in performance among most maturing structured products during the volatile financial environment of 2022, a new UK report reveals. Among a total of 632 structured product maturities, no plan returned a capital loss during 2022. Of...
Invesco launches Sustainable Global Income Fund
Invesco, one of the world’s leading asset managers announces the launch of the Invesco Sustainable Global Income Fund. The Fund offers investors the opportunity to invest for income and capital growth whilst supporting the transition to a low carbon economy over the...
Why speed could be the most important factor in IHT planning
Written by Matt Dickens, Senior Business Development Director at Ingenious Speaking to advisers for many years now has allowed me to realise that a consistently challenging task they face is not only establishing the best route to take when offering estate planning...
Retirement

7IM research reveals worrying gender divide when it comes to retirement regrets
Research from 7IM reveals that women face a dangerous cocktail of concerns, being more likely to regret their retirement decisions and feeling less confident that their retirement savings would allow them to maintain a comfortable lifestyle, compared to their male...

Legal & General responds to the Minister for Pensions shake up of private pensions
The Minister for Pensions has announced several private pension reforms aimed to improve fairness, adequacy and predictability for members: A consultation on a new framework for assessing Value for Money for workplace schemes A consultation on extending the framework...

Will the Chancellor raise the lifetime allowance? Analysis from Evelyn Partners’ Smith and why it’s not the only pension tax relief snag
Reports have emerged that the Chancellor could increase in the Budget the amount people can save into their pensions tax-free in order to encourage over-50s to get back to work. Currently if the value of a pension pot exceeds the lifetime allowance of £1.073million...

Small pension pots: “Government needs to ‘get off the fence and take action’” – Steve Webb, LCP
Today DWP has published a ‘call for evidence’ on potential solutions to the problem of small deferred pension pots. The two lead options are a ‘default consolidator’ where each small deferred pot would be automatically transferred to a single scheme, or ‘pot follows...

Aegon: three pension tax rule changes needed to encourage employment amongst over 55s
After setting out his 4 E’s for Economic Growth, including Employment, there are reports that the Chancellor is considering changing certain pension tax rules. Here, Steven Cameron, Pensions Director at Aegon, sets out 3 aspects of pension tax rules that currently...
Multi Asset Funds

2023 begins with further slowing in annual house price growth
HeadlinesJan-23Dec-22Monthly Index*523.4526.5Monthly Change*-0.6%-0.3%Annual Change1.1%2.8%Average Price(not seasonally adjusted)£258,297£262,068 * Seasonally adjusted figure (note that monthly % changes are revised when seasonal adjustment factors are re-estimated)...

Nationwide HPI: “January was a tale of two halves” – reaction from estate agents and brokers
Following the Nationwide January house price index published this morning, Newspage have shared the thoughts of estate agents, mortgage brokers and financial advisers with IFA Magazine: Nick Harris, co-founder at Wokingham-based Quarters Residential Estate...

Supporting clients’ health and wellbeing – Legal & General helps advisers support clients during turbulent times
In this online web series for IFA Magazine, Legal & General highlights 5 key ways they are helping advisers support clients during today’s challenging economic and market conditions. In the second instalment of this series, Legal & General explores ways in...

7IM research reveals worrying gender divide when it comes to retirement regrets
Research from 7IM reveals that women face a dangerous cocktail of concerns, being more likely to regret their retirement decisions and feeling less confident that their retirement savings would allow them to maintain a comfortable lifestyle, compared to their male...

Legal & General responds to the Minister for Pensions shake up of private pensions
The Minister for Pensions has announced several private pension reforms aimed to improve fairness, adequacy and predictability for members: A consultation on a new framework for assessing Value for Money for workplace schemes A consultation on extending the framework...
Tax Effiency

GBI 34 | Sunrise for EIS and SEIS? | November 2022
Well, have you caught your breath yet - after a solid diet of government announcements this past month? We are certainly living in unprecedented times. Whilst this month’s GBI Magazine is leading with the end of the ‘Sunset Clause’ and the raise in the limits for SEIS...
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Small pension pots: “Government needs to ‘get off the fence and take action’” – Steve Webb, LCP
Today DWP has published a ‘call for evidence’ on potential solutions to the problem of small deferred pension pots. The two lead options...

VCTA: Early-stage business leaders say the knowledge gap is biggest barrier to accessing finance
Early-stage company entrepreneurs are hamstrung by a lack of information on how to access the external funding needed to support their...

Robeco releases Consumer Trends Report for 2023
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Aegon: three pension tax rule changes needed to encourage employment amongst over 55s
After setting out his 4 E’s for Economic Growth, including Employment, there are reports that the Chancellor is considering changing...

‘The economic skies are decidedly gloomier’ – Link’s latest UK Dividend Monitor shows dividends facing headwinds for 2023
UK dividends ended 2022 8.0% higher on a headline basis at £94.3bn, according to the latest UK Dividend Monitor from Link Group. Volatile...

Pension transfer values fall by over a third during 2022 due to rising gilt yields
Defined benefit transfer values have fallen precipitously over 2022 as investor concerns over UK debt drove government bond (gilt) yields...

Aegon’s Cameron explains why sustainability disclosures and investment labels for pensions need to change
In its response to the FCA Consultation Paper Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and Investment Labels, Aegon has explained why a...

SEIS Report highlights why advisers should be considering government funding schemes
Early this month, the first part of a serialised report series covering the essentials of investment in SEIS, EIS, VCTs and...

DWP plan to keep Automatic Enrolment trigger at £10,000 set to bring more low earners into pensions system
AJ Bell head of policy development Rachel Vahey comments on the DWP's plan to keep Automatic Enrolment trigger at £10,000. She said: “It’s...

National IFA firm Continuum delivered growth of 12% in 2022 with assets under influence rising 7% year-on-year to £1.6bn
National IFA firm Continuum delivered growth of 12% in 2022 with assets under influence rising 7% year-on-year to £1.6bn. Financial...

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