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Child Trust Funds

Karen Richardson • Oct 01, 2018


These children will have had one, in some cases, two deposits from the Government in a bid to create tax free savings that a child could not withdraw until they were 18. However at the age of 16, they can make decisions and take responsibility for their fund, and in September this year, 6 million of those qualifying children turned 16.

It is the duty of a parent to instil good financial decision making into their offspring - many of the Trust Funds have not been performing as they should, so parents and those over 16 are being urged to undertake a review. Other options, such as Junior ISA's could perform better.

If you or your child would like a review, then please do contact me.

May 2020 update on Corona Virus and your money

May 2020 update on Corona Virus and your money

By Karen Richardson • 02 May, 2020
Can you believe it is already May and we have now been under restrictive movement guidelines for 5 weeks? I do hope everyone is keeping safe and is well, weathering this strange time. More news will be coming from the government in a week or so as to whether this current guideline continues or relaxes a little, but this week we have started to see a little bit of good news in the market that I was keen to share with you. Brewin Dolphin has summed it up brilliantly, so it just seemed sensible to share the document they have released. If you have any questions abut how this affects your investments and pension, then please just get in touch and I'll be happy to talk!

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