Worldwide Financial Planning

You cannot underestimate the benefit of a pension scheme for tax. As a basic rate taxpayer if you make a contribution of £80, it is automatically topped up by the taxman to £100, which is an immediate guaranteed return of 25%. For a higher rate taxpayer, this has a 66% uplift immediately from £60 to £100.

This week the late news that Donald Trump has singled out China for $60 billion in tariffs, after giving most countries a pass, has led to a dramatic escalation in trade war fears.

Yes, for sure, the market might be up, but how much did you pay to be ‘up’, and how ‘up’ are you?

This week geopolitical tensions have heightened following an assassination attempt on a former Russian spy turned double agent.

While this is pretty normal behaviour from the Kremlin, what makes this event so incredible is the method chosen.

It has dawned on me, that many sub forty year olds have never experienced a mortgage when rates were near their average, let alone at 16%.

This week markets have been reeling from a barrage of political events.