Weekly Columns
Personal finance is something which we all have to deal with in order to get the best out of our money. We work hard enough for it so it is important to be clued in to what we should be doing and what we should not be doing.
For over 20 years, the below personal finance columns, which are written by our CEO, and published in several newspapers, have helped guide people on their financial journey.
For all media enquiries please contact our Communications Director, Eleanor McGillie, on emcgillie@wwfp.net
Here’s how consumer duty helps you!
- Peter McGahan
- IN July 2023, Consumer Duty came into action, with financial firms having to prove ...
Equity release to pay off mortgage?
- Peter McGahan
- A QUESTION we get asked a lot is whether you should look at equity ...
Inheritance tax changes – yawn!
- Peter McGahan
- THE government has mooted a potential change in inheritance tax rules. It is being ...
Structured kick out plans
- Peter McGahan
- LAST week we covered the structured products, often marketed as capital protected. As you ...
Structured protected investment twaddle
- Peter McGahan
- I TRY to write like we are sat having a beer, wine or coffee ...
How does the help to buy interest rate work?
- Peter McGahan
- LAST week I covered a column I wrote in 2018 regarding interest rates moving ...
Are mortgage rates rising or falling?
- Peter McGahan
- IN MARCH 2018 I wrote an article entitled ‘Mortgage Stress Test at Seven Per ...
Pensions part five: Your retirement mop up
- Peter McGahan
- IN my final column on pensions and retirement, I’m going to mop up any ...
Inflation and the six-million-dollar man
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