SECURITIES TRUST OF SCOTLAND: Income is still essential

SECURITIES TRUST OF SCOTLAND: All change at £200 investment fund, but income is still essential By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 13 February 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 13 February 2021 It has been all change at Securities Trust of Scotland, at £200million investment fund with a global income mandate.  Since … Read more

How to invest a £100K for income to supplement a pension with low risk

My wife’s grandmother has a spare £100,000 that she wants to earn some income from to supplement her state pension. She has no private pension and is fed up with terrible savings rates. She does have more cash savings that will be kept separate, but she wants to get this money working harder, earning at least 3-to-5 … Read more

How to invest a £100K lump sum for income to supplement pension with minimum risk

My wife’s grandmother has a spare £100,000 that she wants to earn some income from to supplement her state pension. She has no private pension and is fed up with terrible savings rates. She does have more cash savings that will be kept separate, but she wants to get this money working harder, earning at least 3-to-5 … Read more

Income far higher than you’ll get from the bank…dividend payouts

Searching for a decent income from your savings and investments has rarely been more challenging. In climbing terms, it is more akin to summiting the ferocious K2 mountain in midwinter (as some brave hearts have just thrillingly done – please get down safely) than indulging in a spot of fell walking in the Lakes (lockdown … Read more

Divorce hits women’s income TWICE as hard as men’s, says UK study

Divorce hits women’s income TWICE as hard as men’s: Wives’ finances plunge by a third after marriage ends, research suggests The Legal & General pension group released the research findings yesterday  It said many women earn less than men and do not insist on taking a share of their former partner’s pension  This decision often … Read more

Divorce hits women’s income TWICE as hard as men’s, research suggests 

Divorce hits women’s income TWICE as hard as men’s: Wives’ finances plunge by a third after marriage ends, research suggests The Legal & General pension group released the research findings yesterday  It said many women earn less than men and do not insist on taking a share of their former partner’s pension  This decision often … Read more

Katie Price reveals 29-stone son Harvey will launch his own 7XL clothing range to ‘have own income’ 

Katie Price has revealed that her eldest son Harvey is set to launch his own clothing range with a plus sized brand he often wears. The former glamour model, 42, explained how she wants him have the collection so he’s got something ‘long-term’ to do and also so he’s ‘got an income himself’.  Harvey, who … Read more

The top green investment trusts: Earn income of more than 5% from wind and solar projects

The second in a series of articles investigating growth sectors, developing technologies and niche themes that adventurous private investors can back in their Isas – and how they might do so. The first, on open-ended funds in the environmental sector, is here. The UK’s energy mix is in the process of transitioning from coal and gas … Read more

Are you eligible for £7,500 Covid income boost?

Self-employed workers being urged to pause before applying for cash from Government’s income support scheme By Colin Nicholson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 12 December 2020 | Updated: 22:38 GMT, 12 December 2020 Self-employed workers are being urged to pause before applying for cash from the Government’s income support scheme.  Anyone eligible for … Read more

Woodford Equity Income action wins key backing from ShareSoc

Shareholder organisation ShareSoc backs class action that seeks justice for investors who lost money in Woodford Equity Income By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 28 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 28 November 2020 Powerful shareholder organisation ShareSoc has given its backing to a class action being put together by law … Read more