“Helping To Combat The Coronavirus Pandemic”

Mar 25, 2020 | Ethical investing

An independent (financial adviser’s) view

We’ve been banging the drum for ethical, sustainable and ‘positive impact’ investments for a long time now. Like many things for many people, they could become the new norm in a post-virus-crisis world.

Not investing in oil and the worst of the mining companies means most have weathered recent market storms better than mainstream, ‘conventional’ funds. And many others are already investing in companies looking for vaccines and treatments. All this should, I’m sure, should come with a ‘past performance is not a guide…’ warning. But nothing at the moment is a guide to the future. I’d say.

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“Why most won’t need to worry about IHT on pensions”

“Why most won’t need to worry about IHT on pensions”

Many a government has made the point that only a minority will be affected by this or that tax change or tinker. It is, however, both perception and aspiration which are important, and they are what makes IHT the ‘most hated’ of all taxes – along with all the others, of course.