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.
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Inflation – a deeper story
- Peter McGahan
- LAST week, we covered inflation and some of the drivers for it, mainly corporate ...
What is inflation and why does it matter?
- Peter McGahan
- FOR the most part, society looks at this as being ‘out of their control’ ...
Pension drawdown or an annuity?
- Peter McGahan
- FOLLOWING last week’s column on targeted pension strategies, in which I mentioned annuities, I thought ...
There could be a hefty price to pay for ignoring that pension document in your cupboard
- Peter McGahan
- ‘IN the olden days’, the general advice regarding a pension fund was to begin ...
Budget pension changes and tax-free cash
- Peter McGahan
- I’LL make no bones about it, if pensions aren’t your thing, this may not ...
Debt ceiling wrestling matches or de-dollarisation
- Peter McGahan
- RELUNCTANTLY, I write about the US debt ceiling farce. Why? Because headlines are everywhere ...
Eat the egg not the chicken!
- Peter McGahan
- WHILE we are still in a ‘cost of living crisis’ and inflation is unnecessarily ...
Return of the 100 per cent mortgage
- Peter McGahan
- SOMEHOW a home became an investment. Then, it became an economy. I’m not sure ...
Inflation and the six-million-dollar man
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