Government has announced a new Junior ISA for children’s savings, to be launched in Autumn 2011. Coming in cash and stocks & shares versions, Junior ISAs will be tax-free savings accounts that parents and family friends can use to save for a child. Read More
Savers are failing to factor in tax and inflation, when comparing bank savings accounts. Their cash is losing value, in real terms, as a result.
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Investment funds offer a golden opportunity to expose your money to the attractive growth rates that can be accessed in stocks and shares. Investment funds generally outperform cash, in the medium term. Here we explain how we create a funds investment that is perfectly suited to you.
Barratt Homes has launched the UK’s first corporate ISA, which offers a stocks and shares investment with tax-advantaged growth in savings, but where the cash can be accessed at any time. As such, it may appeal to younger workers as a medium-term savings option with easy access to your cash.
The EU is to raise bank savings protection for UK savers from £50,000 to at least £80,000. This will guarantee the UK bank deposits of 98% of all savers in the nation Read More
A leading government think tank is proposing pension savings that are not ‘locked away’, perhaps by combining pension savings and ISAs, which could then be left to your children free of tax. Click on headline to read more.
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The cost of raising a child from birth to age 21 has topped £200,000 for the first time, according to the annual Cost of a Child survey by insurer LV=. With good financial planning, you can spread the burden of two decades with your little bundles of joy.
Children’s savings have taken a blow this week, with the announced abolition of the Child Trust Fund scheme (CTF) due to government cuts. What are the other options for children’s savings?
