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The Government has confirmed it is suspending the State Pension “triple lock” for the coming 2022/23 tax year, due to a spike in the increase in average earnings. The “triple lock” refers to the three measures used to determine the increase in State Pension from one year to the next Read the full article…

As the vaccine rollout intensifies globally, 2021 has seen the positive investment returns from 2020 continue. The average fund in the balanced risk (IMA 20%-60% shares) sector has returned 4.1%* year to date, while the average return for the higher risk Global Equities sector is 8.8%*. Although global equity markets Read the full article…

Getting tax relief on pensions means some of your money that would have gone to the government as tax goes into your pension instead. This makes a pension a very attractive way to save long-term for retirement. You can put as much as you want into your pension, but there Read the full article…

The State Pension triple lock was introduced in 2010, to guarantee the rate at which the State Pension would increase each year. The “triple lock” refers to the three measures used – the higher of the increase in average earnings, inflation (as measured by CPI) or a minimum of 2.5%. Read the full article…

It is a year since the world started to come to terms with the reality of life amid a global pandemic. Stock markets initially crashed, but global indices have since flourished, with the US Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indices all reaching record new highs and Japan’s Nikkei Read the full article…