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Building a Retirement Plan That Can Survive a Recession
UK growth forecasts were cut sharply in 2026 before settling again. Here’s how a retirement income plan should be built so a bad year for the economy doesn’t have to mean a bad year for your income — from sequencing…
The £70 Million Bournemouth Pension Fraud: What Investors Can Learn
Three Bournemouth men have been jailed over a £70 million pension fraud that cost more than 3,000 investors their savings. Here’s what happened, and what to check before you ever transfer a pension.
Will My Pension Become Part of My Estate?
The 2027 Inheritance Tax Changes Explained This is a significant change to the way many people have approached retirement and estate planning. Until now, defined contribution pensions have often been preserved for beneficiaries because they usually sat outside the estate…
How Much Should You Really Take From Your Pension?
Retirement doesn’t mean your pension can run on autopilot. Here’s what determines whether a withdrawal strategy will comfortably last as long as you need it to, and six things worth reviewing along the way.
What past market volatility has taught us about investor behaviour
It can feel as though every bout of market volatility is unprecedented – the latest headline, the newest crisis, a situation nobody’s seen before. In reality, markets have moved sharply up and down many times over the past two decades,…
Balancing your goals: 3 options for short-term savings
Most of us are juggling more than one financial goal at once, each with its own timeframe. There might be a holiday to save for next year, a pension to build for decades from now, and everything in between. Balancing…