The ABC of Junior ISA's
Posted by centro on Wednesday 31st of January 2018
The Junior Individual Savings Account (ISA) was introduced in 2011, 12 years after the launch of the original ISA in 1999, which recently celebrated its 18th birthday.
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In a nutshell, the Junior ISA is a long-term, tax-free savings account for children. It effectively replaced the Child Trust Fund and aims to enable parents to save a tax-efficient nest egg for their children.
There are two types of Junior ISA and your child can have one or both types:
• A cash Junior ISA, where you won’t pay tax on interest on...
A Year of Political Change
Posted by centro on Wednesday 17th of January 2018
A year of political change
2017 was the year of the campaign trail, with several key elections held in countries with great influence on global economics and stock markets. Here, we recap on the political posturing that defined 2017, and what it meant of the global stock markets.
On 20 January, Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States. Global stock markets had rallied since the election result on 8 November, with many in corporate America hoping to benefit from promised tax reforms. Not everyone was happy. Th...