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Guy Opperman MP on plans for regional banks and how to fix the banking industry 14 Aug 2013 | 06:12 pm
The greater the competition there is for savers’ money the better. However, the vast majority of the UK’s £1.2 trillion in cash savings are currently deposited with the 5 largest banks and the biggest...
Has Carney played his “knockout” joker already? 9 Aug 2013 | 05:34 pm
Mark Carney has just announced a new regime at the Bank of England. He is going to keep their ultra-loose monetary policy until it is ‘knocked out’ by rising inflation projections . Instead of having ...
Bank of England puts employment target before inflation 7 Aug 2013 | 04:59 pm
Mark Carney has just presented his first Inflation Report since becoming Governor. During the press conference, he explained the Bank of England’s new stance on forward guidance, saying that base rate...
Pension Reform – is something being overlooked? 6 Aug 2013 | 01:10 pm
Met Life recently reported that one in five retirement savers “fear that they’ve wasted their money by saving for retirement.” That is a fairly damming statistic from a company responsible for managin...
Put the shovel down, Chancellor, and stop digging 1 Aug 2013 | 07:26 pm
An open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Save Our Savers has written to the Chancellor, George Osborne, to express its concern about the Help To Buy scheme. Increasing debt cannot be the solu...
The Church and Credit Unions vs Payday lenders 26 Jul 2013 | 03:16 pm
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has declared war on payday lenders. He wants the Church to help credit unions compete against Wonga and the like to put them out of business. Credit Unions ...
Inflation: why now is different 22 Jul 2013 | 06:44 pm
The latest CPI inflation figure is 2.9%. Although the same as it was back in the spring of 2008, two important things have changed since then which means that inflation is now a real danger to you. In...
All in it together? Not when it comes to pensions. 11 Jul 2013 | 03:01 pm
IPSA, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, has just launched a further consultation on MPs’ remuneration. IPSA, which was set up after the MPs’ expenses scandal, has sole authority to se...
Buy Gold! Buy Bonds! Buy Bitcoin? 3 Jul 2013 | 02:33 pm
As with most financial advice, it constantly changes according to values and the current economic climate, but in these uncertain times savers are entitled to feel bewildered as to what to do. So is B...
The great savings swindle 27 Jun 2013 | 01:09 pm
On most occasions when we are interviewed on radio or TV, there is an element of confrontation. We have to battle against the generally-held belief that low interest rates are an automatic harbinger o...
