The recent violent volatility of global stock markets has lead many investors, like financial refugees, to seek shelter in the safe ports of gold, cash and for some residential property. The UK buy to let market is worth approximately £200billion, the bulk of which is in the hands of amateur armchair investors leaving a...
Property can offer a hedge against both expected and unexpected inflation, says Joe McTaggart, MD of Walls & Futures. The Bank of England has to date purchased £200bn in assets and while there is debate as to the risks of the Quantitative Easing policy, consensus is building that one of the negative outcomes will be...
For investors, 2010 resembled a scene from a Hollywood film, in which the survivors of a financial crisis tentatively left their shelters to survey the damage. Some quickly retreated feeling that the investment waters were still toxic, while others took advantage of the uncertainty, feeling that opportunity was knocking.
The recently announced new pension rules, effectivefrom 6 April 2011, are, onthe whole, an encouraginglypositive move from the Coalition Government who have broughtsome much needed simplicity topension investors of all ages. A number of planning opportunities arise for both contributions to and drawing benefits from pensions to compliment those that are already well known.
Coming into the May general election, the press was awash with talk of a coalition government, but I’m not sure many believed it would happen. The last was Churchill’s War Ministry during the Second World War, a time which required the nation to pull together. Perhaps voters felt the current economic situation warranted a...
The most effective way of reducing a potential liability for Inheritance Tax (IHT) is to transfer assets within the lifetime of the owner of the assets to the people who stand to inherit that person’s estate. If the person transferring the assets survives for seven years, the liability for IHT on the assets transferred...
More and more investors are now looking at funds as a means of investing in residential property. Funds such as the Walls & Futures London Growth Fund accept direct investments but you should consider the possibility of making the investment through a self-invested personal pension or a small self-administered scheme . A SIPP is...
