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Don’t wait for interest rates to rise any time soon

Alan Steel
ON THE MONEY: Slim pickings should prompt early action on retirement plans, says ALAN STEEL

Investment gains

Tesla boosts Scottish Mortgage in strongest year

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James Anderson: drove the investment into Tesla Baillie Gifford’s Scottish Mortgage Trust, best known for the retiring James Anderson’s spectacular gains on its early faith in Tesla, has posted itsRead More

Modulr partnership

Zumo’s virtual card ‘provides crypto comfort’

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Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin have boomed Zumo, the Edinburgh-based crypto wallet, has launched a virtual card allowing users in the UK to make purchases at any online retailer which accepts Visa. Read More

Presenter pursued

HMRC accused of witch-hunt in £4.9m Lineker tax battle

Gary Lineker
Gary Lineker: latest IR35 case Tax officials have been accused of a conducting witch-hunt against high profile personalities after television presenter Gary Lineker was accused of a £4.9m tax dodge.Read More

Connectivity deal

Aegon buys Pension Geeks to boost customer message

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Rachel Parkinson and Jonathan Bland (in black shirts) at an employee event Aegon UK has acquired Pension Geeks, a company which helps consumers better understand the investment world. Pension GeeksRead More

Money concern

Two in three retirees ‘will run out of money’

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More than a third will accelerate retirement plans Two-thirds (66%) of those retiring in 2021 will exhaust their pension savings before they die, according to research by Standard Life Aberdeen.Read More

Liquidity restored

M&G reopens property fund after selling retail assets

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Investors withdrew savings M&G Investments is reopening its £2.1bn property fund, 17 months after it was suspended because of liquidity issues. The asset manager said the M&G Property Portfolio and its feederRead More

Currency deal

Marloe Watch says time right for crypto payments

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Keeping watch: Gordon Fraser and Oliver Goffe Marloe Watch Company, the Perthshire-based manufacturer, has become the first time-piece manufacturer in the world to accept cryptocurrency directly as payment through its website.Read More

Crypto float

Coinbase valued at $86bn in market debut

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The company helps to trade digital currencies like bitcoin Coinbase shares closed at $328.28 after an impressive debut on Nasdaq , giving the cryptocurrency exchange an initial market cap ofRead More

Money advice

Duffy podcast aims to take cryptic out of crypto

Jim Duffy
Jim Duffy: making cryptocurrency ‘less scary’ Scottish Cryptocurrency enthusiast and investor Jim Duffy has launched his debut podcast The Crypto Standard which looks to take the ‘cryptic out of crypto’.Read More