Weekly Round-Up – Friday 24th June 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

Informed Choice is a finalist for Retirement Adviser of the Year at the 2016 Investment Life & Pensions Moneyfacts Awards.

Under 30s are experiencing a big price increase with higher price inflation for the goods and services they consume.

By 2029 early retirement could become an extremely rare event, probably a necessity rather than a lifestyle choice.

How engaged are the UK public when it comes to investing and personal finances?

The latest podcast episodes

What does The Walking Dead have to do with life insurance? In episode 89 of Informed Choice Radio, Martin talks to Kathryn and Alan Knowles from the Special Risks Bureau.

In episode 90 of Informed Choice Radio, we talk to Steven Cameron from Aegon UK about the introduction of a new secondary market for pension annuities being introduced next April.

Informed Choice in the press

Martin commented for FE Trustnet this week about the highly rated emerging market equity fund investors might be ignoring.

Before you go

Martin is walking 100km from London to Brighton this weekend, to raise money for British Heart Foundation. We all think he is crazy, but he would appreciate any sponsorship at www.justgiving.com/fundraising/martin-london-brighton