What next for the silver surge?
After squeezing hedge funds shorting GameStop stocks, the online mob is now hoping to do the same with the silver price. But this time, things aren’t quite so simple. Never, in the history of financial markets, has there been a commodity with as much potential as...The gender pension gap
Retirees seeking mortgages are suffering a gender pension gap that is seven times worse than the national average, according to new research by Responsible Life. The gender pension gap is the percentage difference between pension income for men and women. Responsible...Tax on investments
If you’re among the army of retail investors who have made big money trading in shares of GameStop and other previously downtrodden stocks, one thing is certain: The taxman will come. Trading by small investors caught fire in 2020, as boredom brought on by pandemic...The end to the stamp duty holiday is no death knell to the property market
The UK’s housing market suffered from early Covid rules, as the Government introduced the first nationwide lockdown in spring. Measures kept people inside while industry leaders adapted to the pandemic. The market has had mixed success since then, but...The over 55s pensions experiment
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is introducing the investment pathways initiative to ensure that anyone with a pension drawdown account has access to simple, good-value investments that broadly match their retirement income goals. The reforms are designed to...