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Friendly Societies - £25/month tax free

choc_mouse · 2010-01-25 22:33:27

What are they and who are they ideally suited for? I only just heard about these the other day which allows £25/month to be saved tax free. I quickly crunched some numbers and looked at the fund terms of a few being offered; it didn't come out particularly rewarding. Low gains (if any) especially with the small amount that…

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dunstonh Posts: 121,256 Forumite

28 January 2010 at 2:34PM

I was told that during the latter years the investments are kept in much lower risk places so that this shouldn't happen!

Not true I'm afraid. Its possible on unit linked funds with an automatic risk reduction (often referred to as lifestyling) or with a servicing IFA who rebalances on your behalf but not on a with profits fund.

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