An in-depth report was published this week, bringing together some insightful statistics from a combination of data provided by YouGov, financial firms and third party consumer businesses. The main take away from this report focused on what people are to prepared to pay for financial advice. The upshot is that some 92% of the general public are not prepared to pay more than £100 for it. The report also stated that one third of households with between 100,000 and £150,000 of

After much deliberation the Government has, for now, put aside its plans to meddle with the current pensions tax relief system. This, however, does not mean, that there isn’t still much to consider when pulling together the ultimate retirement plan. The hot pensions topic of the moment, are the major changes to the state pension which kick started this month. The reforms will affect anyone due to qualify for the state pension on or after 6 April 2016. This is when, the basic

How many consumers navigating the increasingly complex financial advice spectrum, have checked or even heard of The Financial Service Register when actively seeking out firms to manage their life savings? It is likely to be a very small percentage. Therefore, less financially-savvy individuals taking unsolicited calls from financial firms are even more unlikely to be aware of its existence. The Financial Service Register is a searchable database of advisers, who are authori