Unregulated investments, which turn out to be not worth the paper they’re not usually written on, are the cause of most scandals and claims to our compensation scheme So why not ban them? Or at least, outlaw their inclusion in SIPPs (self-invested pensions, to which many are persuaded to transfer their pensions), whence most of the money disappearing into get-rich-quick Guatemalan holiday home developments and the like comes. But, like most things, it’s apparently not that simple…
“Advice firm Almond Financial moves to four-day working week”
The Four Day Week was much discussed and trailed post-COVID, when remote-working looked likely to end strap-hanging commutes for good and laptops on the kitchen table were to become the ’new norm’.