No change in Bank Rate comes as no surprise
Following its May meeting the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has announced that Bank Rate will remain unchanged at 0.5%. The decision reflects clearly how sentiment about the UK...
View ArticleTrue Potential PUFin's finance education mission
The financial crisis of 2007-2008 had seismic ramifications on both the domestic and the global economy and also resulted in significant regulatory and financial services industry activity to restore...
View ArticlePension transfers growing in volume and mortgage terms beyond the age of 100....
Two recent news stories have presented an interesting picture about the financial decisions of those in later life. First came further evidence from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of the growth...
View ArticleThe FCA initiates action on rent-to-buy and overdraft charges
Today’s announcement that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is initiating action to curb the excessive costs of rent-to-buy products and is investigating ways of containing overdraft costs comes as...
View ArticleHow to achieve an effective global allocation of equity investments
The global equity markets have shown great resilience in the past three months, bouncing back strongly from the sell off at the start of the year. Comforted by this performance investors are likely to...
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