For the average UK consumer, a major disincentive to save through a pension is the perception that they will be forced to buy an annuity at some point.
Annuity rates have fallen in recent years, due to increasing average life expectancy and economic factors such as low long-term …
Life is not all rosy for the global banking fraternity with banks in Zimbabwe struggling to keep pace with an economy spiraling into the abyss while the Government clutches tightly to a sinking ship.
With many consumers transacting via a dozen bank accounts to bypass Robert Mugabe’s efforts …
Australia’s mortgage industry is doing its part in ramping up consumer demand as the nation’s politicians incessantly wrangle over land release and supply-side issues.
Offering to repay graduate HECS fees is the latest move by the industry to attract would-be home owners into the market and offset Australia’s …
Booming share markets and property prices may be giving more Australian’s a greater sense of wealth however the nation’s debt culture is still in full swing.
When it comes to buying a new car more than one in two Australians seek some form of finance in order to …
The latest quarterly research by brandmanagement has started to reveal the size and shape of a two-speed economy which has steadily emerged in the past few years in Australia.
The number of individuals who claim they have been adversely affected by home lending interest price hikes, petrol cost …
The long wait for Gordon ‘Gordo’ Brown getting into 10 Downing Street is finally over, but what impact will the new head of Her Majesty’s Government have on pensions and savings policy in the UK?
As chancellor, Brown was not a friend of the pensions industry. One of …
