Using a spanner to tighten a screw…
It’s very welcome to see the Chancellor reducing National Insurance Contributions (NICs) instead of Income tax.
It’s very welcome to see the Chancellor reducing National Insurance Contributions (NICs) instead of Income tax.
Comment from David Macdonald, founder of Path Financial, the UK’s first ethical financial advisory firm on the COP28 draft text.
Last week, the news agenda was full to the brim with devastating headlines and pictures showing the damage we are doing to our planet.
Greenwashing has dented consumer confidence and trust. Worst of all, it has misled clients at this time of existential crisis, when they need to be able to confidently invest in line with their values. It is a topic that has been the subject of much debate in the financial industry, and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has now published its Sustainability Disclosure Requirement (SDR) and Investment Labels consultation paper.
COP27 is under way in Egypt, with world leaders coming together to accelerate efforts to confront the climate crisis. Last year’s conference saw a number of pension funds and asset managers committing to net-zero emissions targets by 2050, or even sooner. 12 months on from COP26, how much progress has been made?
We, at Path, want to help people with their money as much as we can. So, this week we went out to the national media with a story about something that’s rather unknown among the general population: claiming tax relief from someone else paying into your pension.