How to invest a £100K lump sum for income to supplement pension with minimum risk

My wife’s grandmother has a spare £100,000 that she wants to earn some income from to supplement her state pension. She has no private pension and is fed up with terrible savings rates. She does have more cash savings that will be kept separate, but she wants to get this money working harder, earning at least 3-to-5 … Read more

Gwyneth Paltrow poses in preppy blazer as she enjoys dim sum picnic with Brad Falchuk

Gwyneth Paltrow poses in preppy blazer as she enjoys dim sum picnic with Brad Falchuk before pledging to go on a five-day detox By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 00:10 GMT, 4 January 2021 | Updated: 00:20 GMT, 4 January 2021 On Saturday, she enjoyed a hike in the Santa Monica Mountains with her husband … Read more

The photos that sum up 2020: Pictures show a wet, cold and empty Sydney on New Year’s Eve

Eeerie pictures comparing New Year’s Eve celebrations in 2019 with 2020 highlight how the coronavirus pandemic flipped Australian society upside down in just 12 months.   Hundreds of thousands of eager Sydneysiders and international tourists typically pack the harbour from the early hours of December 31, to ensure they can snatch the perfect spot for the … Read more

Isaac Newton’s unpublished notes on the secrets of the pyramids are set to fetch a six-figure sum

Isaac Newton’s unpublished notes on the secrets of the pyramids are set to fetch a six-figure sum – despite being partially burned by his DOG Unpublished notes are thought to have been written by Newton in the 1680s   Newton believed finding out secrets of the pyramids would help measure Earth  The notes were found 200 … Read more

Strictly’s Claudia Winkleman is the latest BBC star ‘on seven figure sum’

Now it’s the £1m WINKLEMAN! Strictly’s Claudia is the latest BBC star ‘on seven figure sum’ after replacing Graham Norton in prestigious Radio 2 weekend slot By Katie Hind Showbusiness Editor For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:30 GMT, 29 November 2020 | Updated: 00:30 GMT, 29 November 2020 Strictly Come Dancing co-presenter Claudia Winkleman … Read more

Lump sum pension withdrawals leap 94% during Covid-19 crisis

Lump sum pension withdrawals leap 94% as households suffer income shocks from Covid-19 The Association of British Insurers compared September with April this year Those taking only tax-free lump sums increased by 55 per cent  Many households have been hit by job losses, pay cuts and furloughing  By Sadie Whitelocks for MailOnline and Press Association … Read more

Elizabeth Day: I can sum up this year in just one word

Elizabeth Day: I can sum up this year in just one word By Elizabeth Day for You Magazine Published: 00:03 GMT, 15 November 2020 | Updated: 00:03 GMT, 15 November 2020 Stylist: Holly Elgeti. Hair: Alex Szabo at Carol Hayes Management using T3. Make-up: Nicky Weir using Hourglass. Dress, Emilia Wickstead. Earrings, Alighieri. Large ring, … Read more

ASK TONY: One lump sum or two? My pension sweetener from Tetley

I worked for Tetley (of tea bags fame) in the late 1960s and early 1970s. When I left I withdrew my pension fund, amounting to some £300 or so. A few weeks ago I got a letter, supposedly from Legal & General, regarding some possible accrued pension. I followed this up using the phone number … Read more