FROM THE PAPERS
Synopsis: Short summaries of articles we think you will find useful from some of the weekends broadsheets. At the end of each summary is a link to take you directly to the relevant article. Please see Helpful Hints at the end of the bulletin.
Date posted: Monday, October 28, 2013
ARTICLES
Financial Times:” VCTs hit record highs”. Total funds under management in venture capital trusts (VCTs) reached £2.9bn this year, the highest level since VCTs were established in 1995.
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Financial Times:” ‘Clean’ funds gain traction”. Fund supermarkets can move a client’s money into new ‘clean’ share classes without seeking their consent so long as it does not cost more, according to new rules.
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Financial Times:” Small-pot pension savers look to avoid annuities”. Cash-strapped pension savers are looking for ways to work round rules which force them to turn small pension pots into poor-value annuities.
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The Times:” Top taxman targeted film ‘scams for scumbags'”. Film investment schemes offered to hundreds of wealthy Britons are nothing more than ‘scams for scumbags’, according to Britain’s former top taxman
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The Times:” How to buy a home with a friend or lover”. The Government’s Help to Buy Scheme, which guarantees mortgages with only 5 per cent deposits, is intended to make it easier for hundreds of thousands of people to climb onto the housing ladder.
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The Times:” Cut your bill: ten tax tips for entrepreneurs “. Entrepreneurs and small business owners are spending an average of 12 days a year keeping on top of their tax affairs, claims the Federation of Small Businesses.
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The Times:” Steer clear of pension ‘liberation’ “. Schemes that promise to unlock savings for the under-55s could lead to a miserable retirement
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The Telegraph:” One in three could be paying wrong tax”. One in three taxpayers could be paying the wrong amount of tax, new research has found.
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The Telegraph:” Pensions ‘lifeboat’ fund increases assets to £15bn”. Britain’s embattled long-term savings industry will get a rare boost as figures from the Pension Protection Fund show that the rescue scheme for workers at collapsed companies has increased its assets.
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HELPFUL HINTS
1. LINKS TO ARTICLES:
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