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Smarter Finances
Articles & Features
UK Understanding Of Pensions Worryingly Poor
Four out of five Brits feel disheartened and worried with the amount they’re able to put into their pension pots each month, Pension Geeks research shows. The research has exposed some fascinating findings on the state pension and general pension awareness in the UK,...
Bank of Mum And Dad: How To Shut Up Shop In 10 Steps
The bank of mum and dad is a growing phenomenon where more and more adult children are relying on their parents to help them out financially on a regular basis. You may be more than happy to help out your children, especially to get them a foothold on the property...
How To Avoid Pension Scams In 2017
What Are Pension Scams? The government’s pensions reforms in April 2015 have granted the over 55’s opportunity to cash in their personal and company pensions. Pension scams have always been around, but now thousands of people have the choice over what happens with...
The Bank of Mum And Dad: 10 Signs You’re Being Taken Advantage Of
The "Bank of Mum and Dad" is a recent term coined to reflect how more and more parents are supplementing their children's income,often with significant amounts of money. In May 2017 The Guardian reported* that the bank of mum and dad is predicted to lend a massive...
Famous people With No Will – And The Problems Once They Died
You might be surprised to hear that it isn't just some of us "normal" people that have no Will. Oh no. Can you believe that some superstars with millions of pounds of assets have no Will? Seriously. You would think with all the best legal advisers around them, someone...
How To Make A Will: Where to Start?
Making a Will is one of the most important decisions you’ll ever make but you may be unsure how to make a Will. You know that you want your loved ones to be cared for and you want to minimise unnecessary heartache for them after you’ve died, so it really is very...
Avoiding Making A Will? The 5 Most Common Misconceptions Explained
For me, getting round to making a Will was something I’d always put off. I’d rather take my car for its MOT or go to the dentists than look into making a Will: I dreaded it that much! Being in my thirties, I had the “I’ll do it later; I have loads of time” attitude...
Dying Without A Will – A Surefire Way To Heartache
Dying without a Will is unnecessary but I’m certain some of you reading this will not have a Will. In fact, if you’re aged between 35 and 54, I’ll guess that just one in three of you will have a Will, and if you’re over 55, only one in four of you will have a Will....







