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Stephen King , the Group Chief Economist of HSBC recently described the current economic situation to be similar to being “stuck in a time of economic permafrost”, he sees us as being stuck “in the bleak midwinter”, recession may have come to an end in some economies but the real problem is that to date there [...]
INVESTING IN 2012 OVERVIEW Welcome to the New Year. From an investing point of view is 2012 likely to look much different to 2011? I think not, there are three possible economic scenarios for the world economies; (a) some recovery – I think that is doubtful, (b) a disaster, that would be likely to happen [...]
May I wish you all a Happy Christmas! I started this year with an article on Financial Planning and I intend to end the year in the same vein. One of the essences of a financial plan is to set targets and to make assumptions as to how you may reach those targets. In making [...]
For many years investors have been able to contract out of the State Second Pension (S2P) and previously the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme (SERPS) by receiving a rebate of their national insurance into their own personal pension. The Government propose to abolish this facility with effect from 6 April 2012. This will mean that [...]
This week the Government announced that it would push back the planned increase in State Retirement Age from 65 to 66 by six months. This means that the State Retirement Age will rise from 65 to 66 in October 2020 rather than the proposed April 2020. The change will particularly affect people born between 6 January 1954 [...]
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