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Finally hit £1,000 :D YAY!!
That's all I really wanted to say, I save my money using SAYE and BAYE and I know I cant access them without being taxed/NI'd, but this is long term savings so, YAY!! :D
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What to do with £90k
I will soon receive £90k as divorce settlement from the sale of my marital home and I need to invest it for a couple of years or so. My mother invested in the Coop Platinum Bond Plus which she is pleased with, so I had considered something like that I also have the opportunity of keeping the portable mortgage of £70k which…
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Penny policies
Has anyone eve heard of these or had one?? My mum has found 4 of these in her cupboard. They were started in the 30's and covered my mum and 3 siblings. There were no payments made into them after my gran died in 1976 but my mum was gven them to sort out. She had forgotten about them so I thought I'd try to find out about…
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Standard Life - Unconstrained
I was wondering what the difference is between: Standard Life UK Equity Unconstrained Accumulation and Stan Life Inv UK Equity High Income. And why there is such a significant difference in performance of the Unconstrained Fund
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savings account
I'm looking to move my daughter's (16yrs old) savings into an account that will pay the best interest, we're happy to leave the money untouched for 2 years. can anyone advise on the best options? Thanks.
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crossing the ETF boundary
crossing the ETF boundary
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Child Trust Fund government voucher from Jan 2009 - help please!!
My daughter had a baby in Dec 2008 and in Jan 2009 she received a CTF voucher from the government. Before she had a chance to invest it, she moved - twice - and it was mislaid. I've now found it lurking in a storage box, with an expiry date of Jan 2010 on it. Does anyone know if it can still be invested, or could we obtain…
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What to invest in??
The kids have been give £250 each to invest in the stock Market ..... Any ideas for them to give them an education on the stock Market and to make a bit of pocket money?
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Shares Help!
Hello I am posting this on behalf of a friend and i know very little about shares.....so: He used to work for Tenpin ltd and they had a shares plan. He has some shares in a company called Georgica Plc who used to own Tenpin but have since sold it to someone else.....can find the new company name. Anyway my friend wanted to…
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Have £40,000 savings and moving abroad, what shall I do with it?!?!
Hi all I will be moving overseas in September to start a new job. I currently have £40,000 sat in a standard savings account, I was planning on using for a house deposit but got offered this new job, it hasn't be a planned savings... it just seemed to accumulate over the past few years. :shocked: The job will be for a min…
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What to do with inheritance
By the end of May I will have around £60,000 inheritance from my mum's estate. I have decided to give up work for a few months and will want to use some of it to keep me afloat until I decide what I am going to do. I will put £5,340 into my recently opened ING ISA and am transferring £20,000 of previous ISAs into my…
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Now have a lump sum but unsure what to do!
Hi all, hope you are well. Today I finally sold my car and subsequently now am £3,700 better off for the process. My long-term debt cannot be paid for around 15-18 months so rather than throwing the money at the debt for the provider to enjoy, I'm thinking of throwing it into a savings, ISA etc etc account for that period…
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Child Trust Fund as Godparent
Hi, I am going to be godfather to my mates baby this weekend and rather than buy something useless I would like to start a trust fund with £100. Any recomendations and how do I go about opening the fund? Cheers D
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Just got a largish windfall - what's the best thing to do with it?
Hi All, I've been lucky enough to have recieved an insurance pay-out of £75,500, and wondered what the money savers would suggest is the sensible option to make sure it works for me. The money has come from a critical illness policy which I took out against an old mortgage - I never take these things out, but I must have…
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Mortgage now and loan for wedding vs spending all savings
Hello, Unsure where to put this for the best response as it covers multiple forum areas, so I have posted in multiple forums - please feel free to move/delete as appropriate. We are getting married in July and have around £10,000 in ISA and saving accounts which will cover this and the honeymoon. However what we really…
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Saving for the future
With all the talk about increasing uni tuition fees, I'm looking to get a head start and put some money away for my son to help out if he decides to go. I think the easiest way for us to do this is by saving his child benefit each month as hopefully we won't notice a dent in our income. Has anyone got any other tips?
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Investing in Canada
I'd like to get some exposure to the Canadian stock market or a similar vehicle to take advantage of what I believe will be an interesting time for the country over the next few years. Not having much luck finding such a vehicle.........any suggestions? Thanks
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Prudential With Profits Bond - worth keeping??
I have a prudence bond that is 9.5 years old. It has done OK but not stunning. Currently it has a modest Final Bonus and no exit penalties of any kind. Does anyone have an opinion on whether this is worth keeping. I ask because Aviva dished out some special bonuses to reflect the inherited estate that they had accumulated.…
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Problems with iii.co.uk
I opened a self-select ISA account this morning with iii.co.uk. When trying to access the "Manage my Account" -> "Regular Investments" section I get the error Service Interruption Unfortunately this service is unavailable at the moment. Please try again later. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. I spoke to an…
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Halifax Children's Regular Saving Account Holders, quick question
My little one's account is coming up to end of the 12 month period and it's just struck me than when I log in online it shows the account as * Regular Saver * 123456789 * TTEE FOR LITTLE PAPHOS GOONER Shouldn't this read 'Children's Regular Saver' as there's another bog standard 'Rgular Saver' account paying a pitiful rate…
