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Investment income is king

Oliver Roylance-Smith / 15 May 2012

Investing for income is always a popular investment theme, never more so than in recent months with income solutions ruling the roost over the ISA season for both the cash ISAs and investment ISAs. ... Read more

Investment Focus: Gilliat Income Builder Plus

Oliver Roylance-Smith / 15 May 2012

Of all the investment themes, income is consistently at the forefront of the investor’s mind, whether you are working and need to supplement your earnings, or retired and looking to add to you... Read more

5 x FTSE growth - potential returns of up to 100%

Oliver Roylance-Smith / 10 May 2012

"If you think the FTSE will rise over the medium term then this plan could be just for you. The Best Entry plan from Morgan Stanley offers a return of 5 x any rise in the FTSE 100 Index with a ... Read more

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School Fee Planning

Looking to start a savings plan for child school or university fees?

As private school fees soar above the rate of inflation, it pays to be well informed about what school fee planning funding options are available to you.

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The type of school fee plan arrangement suitable to your situation will depend largely upon the length of time before school fees are due to commence and whether financing is to come from income or capital and the degree of risk that you wish to take.

Investment for school fees

Insurance for school fees

A number of private schools offer insurance plan arrangements to protect a child's school fees in the event that a parent is taken seriously ill or dies unexpectedly. Before signing up for a plan offered by the school your child will be attending it is worth shopping around. Through UK independent broker MoneyQuest you can arrange life cover to cover school fees of say £6,000 pa for 7 years for only £6.68 a month assuming both parents are aged 40 and are non smokers. You can also arrange life cover if you are unable to work due to sickness or an accident or if you are made redundant - Life Insurance

Loans for school fees

Another possible solution is to think of taking out a loan to cover school fees, and there are specialist companies that operate in this field such as SFIA and HTC which is part owned by HSBC. If you are considering take out a personal loan it does pay to shop around - Loan Deals

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