debt

Pensioner debt on the increase

Retirement Planner | 24 May 2012 | 15:41

The number of older people in debt has risen sharply over the past year, research from Age- UK reveals.

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Personal debt haunts thousands in retirement

The average retired person has more than £8,000 of personal debt to repay – with the collective total for the country reaching £96bn, analysis has found.

IFAonline | 28 Mar 2012 | 07:00
Money Advice Service

MAS' new debt advice remit doubles costs to £87m

The financial services industry will pay an extra £40m toward the Money Advice Service (MAS) after it agreed to take on responsibility for coordinating and providing debt advice.

IFAonline | 02 Feb 2012 | 15:20

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Education is 'armour' against deceptive advertising - MPs

Education can provide “armour” against financial mismanagement and misleading advertising, MPs said yesterday.

IFAonline | 16 Dec 2011 | 13:40
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Rogue debt management firm owes £600K

Collapsed private debt management firm DebtDr owes £600,000 to its clients, a BBC investigation has revealed.

IFAonline | 29 Nov 2011 | 08:40
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Martin Lewis tells PM: Force financial education in schools

MoneySavingExpert's Martin Lewis has written an open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron urging him to push through compulsory financial education in schools.

IFAonline | 01 Nov 2011 | 13:45
Citizens Advice Bureau

Citizen’s Advice Bureau warns of ‘debt help’ scam

Advisers have been warned to look out for unusual phone calls to clients after Citizen’s Advice Bureaux (CAB) across the country said imposters were offering fake “debt help” sessions to vulnerable people.

IFAonline | 31 Oct 2011 | 07:53
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HMRC hit by 2,000 complaints over 'inappropriate' letters

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has received around 2,000 complaints about the threatening tone of its letters to taxpayers since 2009.

IFAonline | 26 Oct 2011 | 14:50
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Advisers call for calm

The Fry Group is calming investor jitters against a backdrop of concerns over the Eurozone debt crisis and the strength of the US economic recovery by stating there is no need to “panic”.

International Investment | 15 Aug 2011 | 09:44
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Bolton: Now is not the time to sell

Current extreme market volatility should be seen as an opportunity rather than an excuse to become more defensive, according to Anthony Bolton.

International Investment | 08 Aug 2011 | 10:38
Capitol Hill

The US debt ceiling saga in numbers

The US Senate is expected to approve the debt ceiling deal this evening, ending months of political wrangling. IFAonline gives you the saga in numbers...

IFAonline | 02 Aug 2011 | 14:25
Business secretary Vincent Cable

US debt deadlock: Cable attacks US 'right-wing nutters'

Business secretary Vince Cable has hit out at what he described as "a few right-wing nutters" holding up a deal to cut US government debt.

IFAonline | 25 Jul 2011 | 07:05
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Video: The Greek debt crisis explained in four minutes

Still not sure why Greece is in so much trouble at the moment?

IFAonline | 03 Jun 2011 | 13:00 | video

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