by Dan Eatch | Aug 2, 2019 | Investments, Savings, Wealth planning
Prioritise peace in your life: extend the Marie Kondo tidying craze from your home to your finances. Have you ever looked at a room in your home – or even at your office desk – and wondered how you accumulated so much stuff? You might well remember when you acquired...
by Dan Eatch | Jul 5, 2019 | Life assurance, Savings, Wealth planning
You may assume you’ll never need it, but if you experience redundancy or illness, you may become eligible for universal credit. However, if you imagined that the state would provide enough support in the event of financial difficulty due to sickness or unemployment,...
by Dan Eatch | Jun 7, 2019 | Life assurance, Pensions, Savings, Wealth planning
Your chances of reaching 100 are probably greater than you imagine. It may sound fanciful, but a 100-year lifespan is well within the bounds of probability. That could have profound implications for your retirement planning. While the average 70-year-old man...
by Dan Eatch | May 24, 2019 | Pensions, Savings
The Chancellor has abandoned plans to abolish class 2 national insurance contributions (NICs) after concerns it could increase self employed pensions costs. Those registered as self-employed pay class 2 NICs if their profits are more than £6,365 a year in 2019/20....
by Dan Eatch | Apr 26, 2019 | Investments, Savings, Wealth planning
Infrastructure funds are one of the less well-known types of investment, but they can offer options for those looking to diversify their portfolio Infrastructure funds offer investors the opportunity to put their money into large physical assets, for example:...
by Dan Eatch | Mar 29, 2019 | Life assurance, Pensions, Savings, Tax planning, Wealth planning
Life expectancy has stopped increasing, according to a report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) issued in September, but we are still living longer than ever before. Between 2000 and 2010, average life expectancy at age 65 rose by 2.4 years for men and by...
