For many years now, BTLs or ‘’buy to lets’’ have been an increasingly popular retirement planning vehicle, with many individuals preferring the ‘’safe as houses’’ route to the vagaries of the stock markets that are an integral part of pension savings. And while the Government’s new pension freedoms have transformed the flexibility and tax effectiveness […]

Thinking about carrying on working an extra few years? Or even returning to work? Tony Watts OBE reports on new think tank recommendations that might help those whose finances mean that retirement is not quite on the cards yet… It’s an obvious enough equation: if the Government can encourage/enable more people to hold off their […]

Lifetime ISA detrimental to workplace pensions ●       Impact of launch needs to be assessed ●       LISA at odds with automatic enrolment ●       Savers to lose over £45,000 at least   LONDON, 21 March 2016 – The new Lifetime ISA (LISA) could have a detrimental effect on retirement saving in the UK and more research needs […]

Richard’s Classic Cars Blog:  Fly or Drive?   As you will know by now, I am an avid fan of classic cars and take a deep interest in the way values have been rocketing over the past few years, making me somewhat sceptical as to whether these prices are sustainable. There are of course plenty […]

Mark Soper, co-founder of RetireEasy.co.uk, said: Lifetime ISA ‘The new Lifetime ISA appears to be a hugely watered down version of the radical Pension ISA and tax relief reforms that were being talked about before the Budget. However, the new Lifetime ISA does provide an attractive long-term savings plan for a huge swathe of the […]

Music plays a big part in our lives. So losing the creators of our favourite music can have a profound impact on us. By Tony Watts OBE.

RetireEasy calls for PensionWise to step in to prevent younger workers ditching their Workplace Pensions in favour of the new Lifetime ISA (LISA). Mark Soper explains

The Chancellor is expected to announce in today’s Budget that the much-maligned Money Advice Service is to be abolished. Mark Soper reports on its short but checkered history.

The pensions industry has come under pressure this week after the FCA called for a swift introduction of a “Pensions Dashboard” – a one stop place where individuals can register and view all their pension savings online.

I returned to work from a holiday in India on Saturday and whilst I was away and thanks to today’s efficient mobile technology I could not help but notice the gathering momentum of George Osborne’s desire to overhaul the pension system yet again with the introduction of a new Pension ISA and the withdrawal of […]