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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Vintage quirks to avoid paying certain taxes . . .
- Peter McGahan
- AS the end of the tax year looms, it’s worth thinking about those great ...
Handcuffed to an investment anchor
- Peter McGahan
- THE last two weeks’ reviews of with-profit funds caused plenty of further questions. No ...
With or with(out) profit investments
- Peter McGahan
- FOLLOWING on from last week’s column on with-profits, we had a number of callers ...
Should I keep my with-profits investment?
- Peter McGahan
- THE £274 billion ‘with profits’ market is under review by the Financial Conduct authority ...
Is equity release right for me?
- Peter McGahan
- IN my 30 years in financial planning, I’ve loathed the word ‘equity’ as a ...
Parents – the ninth biggest lender in UK
- Peter McGahan
- IF the leader of our council tweeted their policies rather than documenting them, we ...
Jumping market jitters
- Peter McGahan
- IMMEDIATE gratification, immediate data and nonsense news, immediate response. The new world? The oxymoron ...
How to lose 57 per cent of your pension … 1, 2, 3
- Peter McGahan
- AS we covered last week, the impact of tax can be a considerable brake ...
Inflation and the six-million-dollar man
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