Child Trust Funds – Take A Long Term View Andrew Hagger Head of News and Press at Moneyfactscouk looks at the performance of Child Trust Funds, one year on April 6 2006 marked the first birthday for the Child Trust Fund (CTF), and there are undoubtedly some mums and dads out there who are feeling pretty smug with the performance of the investment that they have chosen One year on from launch, those who have opted for one of the riskier options ...

Utah Mortgage If you live in Utah, undoubtedly you have heard of the bankruptcy problem pinching the whole state For several years now, Utah has held the devious honor of ranking among the states with the highest annual bankruptcy filing rate There is likely more than one explanation for such a phenomenon At the very least, there is no easy answer as to why exactly so many citizens of Utah struggle with financial issues In fact, one might expect the opposite of Utah citizens, given the strong presence ...

New Uk Pension Plans To Be Unveiled After 3 years of research and discussions, Lord Turner is due to officially announce his proposals for reform to UK pension law We've already discussed debt and retirement and the forthcoming pension crunch; caused by a change in demographics and pressure on savings because of mortgage and other loan debts Everyone agrees, there is a "pensions crisis" looming, and it's been suggested that if the status quo continues, in 2050 the UK state pension will be 10% of average salaries, ...

Retiring With A Decent Income These days, itÂ’s hard to listen to the financial or economic news for long without hearing something about pensions These news stories usually give us some bad news about the pensions shortfalls in the gaping holes in pension funds The chancellor Gordon Brown has recently gone on record suggesting that he is in favour of increasing the working age, and the debates about whether to link state pensions to earnings or inflation rages on The ...