Investors Chronicle

SIPPs

By David Stevenson, 12 December 2011

What David Stevenson will put in his Sipp next year - if the price is right!

Recent articles

Sipp cash rates still too low

By Leonora Walters | 29 November 2011

Cash deposits in Sipps and Ssas are very low, but if you are prepared to lock up your money or shop around, you could do better.

With the current market turmoil you may have opted to be sitting on the sidelines by holding cash, but this is unlikely to be a long or even medium-term position
50 per cent taxpayers' pension dilemma

By Moira O'Neill | 11 November 2011

Amid growing speculation that the top rate of income tax will be scrapped, should you grab top-rate tax relief while it lasts?
Cheap ways into dividend stars

By David Stevenson | 08 November 2011

How I plan to buy into the world's most reliable dividend payers

"Both of the new funds have a strong dividend theme, but talk to radically different investment ideas"
Preparing for the worst

By David Stevenson | 03 October 2011

David Stevenson has suffered some nasty drops in his Sipp portfolio and is preparing for worse to come

"The idea is to buy in some good value protection for my portfolio in case bad things really do start to happen. "
Pension charges still too high

By Moira O'Neill | 27 September 2011

You could lose up to an astonishing 37 per cent of your retirement fund in fees. Time to sanity-check your pension choices!

"On average, a saver making a one-off lump sum contribution of £10,000 to a personal pension would see £13,168 taken in charges, taking 24.3 per cent of the accumulated fund over 25 years"