Weekly Round-Up – Friday 23rd December 2016

Happy Friday, readers! It’s time to catch up.

Here are some of the things that we covered at Informed Choice this week.

On the blog this week

This new study revealed that Winchester is the best place to live in the UK. Do you agree?

Robo-advice appears to be failing investors, who don’t realise there is no advice and it’s not delivered by robots.

With Christmas rapidly approaching, worrying about money can be a real cause of stress.

The latest podcast episodes

Episode 150 is an interview with Claire Walsh, head of advice at Unbiased.co.uk.

In episode 151, we hear from Richard Parkin, head of pensions policy at Fidelity International.

What were the biggest personal finance events of 2016 and what can we learn from them to make better decisions in the future? We explore this in episode 152 of Informed Choice Radio.

Informed Choice in the press

It’s been the worst year for UK asset management since 2007. Martin was asked to comment about this for the FT last weekend – FT subscription needed to read the article.

Before you go

We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The Informed Choice offices are closed from lunchtime on Friday 23rd December 2016 until 9am on Monday 3rd January 2017.

There’s no email newsletter next week, but we will be back in 2017 with our weekly roundup.