Pension scams are back in the news with revelations that consumers have had millions of pounds stolen from their pension pots in recent weeks. The scams take various forms. In some cases money is simply stolen from your pension fund and transferred to somewhere else never to be seen again while other involve your pension buying high risk assets that…
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January and February are difficult months financially for many of us as we juggle our funds to try and make sure that we are able to pay all of the bills that drop through the letterbox over the next week or so as well as cope with the fact that an early salary or wages payment in December makes January…
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Financial service regulators are becoming concerned about the risks consumers are taking with their pensions. Pension freedoms that were introduced a few years ago have led to a huge increase in the number of people transferring out of guaranteed pensions into riskier personal pensions. The regulator has again expressed renewed concern about these transfers. They are worried that members of…
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Sometimes it’s the simple things that make the difference. Here are 5 simple things you can do regularly to make sure you’re making the best use of your money. Shopping We waste millions of pounds every year buying food that we later throw out so make this year the year you decide to be clever when you shop. When you go into…
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