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12 November 2015

Peer to peer lending - starting up

We have just launched Squirrel Money which is a new peer-to-peer lending platform. It's early days and we know we have a hard journey ahead of us.

09 November 2015

Do you want a genuine 8.00% p.a. return on your money?

With interest rates (and rental yields) trending ever lower the opportunity to get a return of over 8.00% p.a. should be taken seriously.

14 October 2015

Is this the end of fiat money?

Flat money is paper money that comes into existence by government law. It is not valued to any ‘objective standard’ to say a commodity like gold or silver, so governments can produce as much money as they like. When you hear the expression ‘printing money’ that’s what is being referred to.

12 August 2015

Squirrel Money gets peer-to-peer license

After almost a year of IT development and scurrying about Squirrel Money has been licensed by the FMA to be a peer-to-peer lender.

08 June 2014

UK Pension Transfers | What's changing

If you worked in the UK you probably accumulated one or more pension funds that are now still sitting there.

22 September 2008

A simple investment strategy

In the absence of providing advice, I thought I'd let you into my world and what I'm saying to my own parents who are semi-retired.

15 August 2008

How to use Equity Release Mortgages to plan your retirement

An equity release mortgage (ERM) is not for everyone but, used properly, it can give significant freedom and quality of life to many people who own property and are on a limited income such as government superannuation.