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Roll up it’s ISA season! Webcast with independent investment expert Holly Mackay

With about a month to go before the end of the tax year, financial boffins start to get very excited about ISAs and the investment airwaves become full of people prodding you to contribute to your ISA. But why should you and what’s in it for you? ISAs are a lot simpler than people make […]

9 March 2015 by Holly Mackay

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Junior ISAs – an alternative to yet another Frozen dress!?

A Junior ISA is simply a savings account you can set up for your child. Think of it as a tax efficient savings pot for your kids. The interest on cash or the capital gains on any investments are free from tax. These savings pots are available to any child born either BEFORE September 2002 […]

13 February 2015 by Holly Mackay

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Holly Mackay

Holly Mackay started working in the investment industry in 1998. She spent 5 years in Australia, before returning to the UK in 2003, working for Big Global Investment Firms with Increasingly Important-Sounding Titles. In 2008 she founded The Platforum, now one of the UK’s most respected research firms, covering investments and platforms for the industry. She sold the business to Centaur Media and left in 2014. Holly is now an independent blogger and commentator. Her aim is to help people without PhDs in finance understand the markets – without jargon, bias or pompous gobbledygook. She puts her money where her mouth is and holds 15 investment platform accounts to see what their service is like from the customer angle. She has 2 kids, a chocolate-eating cat and more red shoes than is financially sensible.