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Weekly Market Summary

Week ending 30th April 2021.

Week ending 30th April 2021.

It has been an interesting week: recent robust economic data allowed Jay Powell, the Fed Chair (the US central bank), to talk optimistically about the economic outlook, while at the same time effectively reminding the market of the famous mantra ‘don’t fight the Fed’, as he repeated it was far too early to consider tighter monetary policy.

4th May 2021

Market Updates

Market Update - 6th May 2021.

Market Update - 6th May 2021.

The inflation theme has remained front and centre for global equity markets so far this week thanks to contradictory comments from Janet Yellen, the US Treasury Secretary and former Fed Chair.

6th May 2021

News

How to identify if you are at risk of a pension tax charge and what you can do.

How to identify if you are at risk of a pension tax charge and what you can do.

Someone aged 45, with a pension fund of £400,000 and a salary of £50,000, could have a pension fund of £1,381,000 by the time they retire at 65.

27th April 2021

Saving an extra 1% of salary into pension can increase your pension pot by 25%.

Saving an extra 1% of salary into pension can increase your pension pot by 25%.

Many people are already paying 5% of their salary into their workplace pension through auto-enrolment, with their employer contributing an additional 3%. However, they may not be aware that many employers are willing to match additional contributions up to certain limits, so they don’t take advantage of it.

13th April 2021