Author: Damien

2 min Read 07 Mar 2016
When will they stop messing with pensions? Governments have a nasty habit of tweaking the pension system, be it the state pension or the rules governing personal pensions. George Osborne in particular loves to tinker and was rumoured to be preparing another pension revolution in his imminent Budget. In the...

6 min Read 17 Feb 2016
The start of 2016 has been a dismal one for investors. The chart below shows how the major developed world indices have performed year to date. At their worst they were down between 10% and 20% (click to enlarge). Bank stocks and bonds tumble over crisis fears While the sell-off was broad...