Advisers set for £835m fees windfall off LSE and Refinitiv mega-merger

Advisers set for £835m fees windfall from London Stock Exchange and data provider Refinitiv’s mega-merger By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 10 December 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 10 December 2020 Advisers working on the mega-merger between the London Stock Exchange and data provider Refinitiv are set to bag £835million in fees. … Read more

Child Trust Funds: Are investment fees eating your savings?

Thousands of young savers face chunky investment charges because they cannot access Child Trust Funds due to problems proving the money is theirs. The first tax-free savings accounts began to mature just over 100 days ago as holders turned 18, but a large proportion have remained untouched since, with savers unable to benefit from windfalls … Read more

AJ Bell investors see charges rise as Sipp exit fees are scrapped

AJ Bell investors see charges rise as Sipp exit fees are scrapped: Platform overhauls customer costs as it posts a pandemic-fuelled bump in profit Investing platform has announced a run of changes to its fees and charges  This includes the removal of Sipp exit fees and pension drawdown charges  Cap on custody charges for shares … Read more

Credit card holders face late fees because of little-known small-print

Beware costly credit card trap that could leave you facing late fees and black marks on your file By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 1 December 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 1 December 2020 In recent months, thousands of credit card users have received sizeable refunds to their accounts after holidays, … Read more

Piers Morgan says he would do I’m A Celeb for £10 MILLION as this year’s campmate fees are revealed

Piers Morgan has said he would take part in I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! But the GMB host, 55, revealed that his price would be £10 MILLION should the ITV bosses want to sign him up to star in the show. Piers’ admission came as a report emerged claiming that Vernon Kay, … Read more

Private school fees for armed forces personnel cost £83m-a-year

School fees for the children of Armed Forces personnel cost taxpayers £83million last year, according to a Daily Mail investigation. Spending reached a five-year high last year after rising by £3million in just 12 months. The Continuity of Education Allowance ensures children of military personnel do not have their schooling disrupted when their parents move … Read more

Exit fees here to stay as the regulator does a U-turn

Rip-off exit fees for investors switching between investment platforms could be here to stay, after financial regulator ditched proposals to ban them By Rachel Rickard Straus, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 21 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 21 November 2020 Rip-off exit fees for investors switching between investment platforms could be here … Read more

Thousands of NHS staff face a ‘disgusting’ 200 per cent hike in hospital parking fees

Revealed: Thousands of NHS staff face a ‘disgusting’ 200 per cent hike in hospital parking fees, with new permits costing as much as £1,440 NHS staff will be hit with fee hikes despite Minister’s free parking pledge Internal document shows the cost of annual parking permits will go up by 200% Labour’s shadow health secretary … Read more

Student, 20, is forced to crowdfund to pay annual £20,000 International Student fees

Award-winning chemical engineering student, 20, reveals she’s been forced to crowdfund her £23,000-a-year fees because she’s classed as an ‘international student’ despite living in the UK since she was NINE Opemipo Hamilton, 20, moved to the UK with her family from Nigeria aged nine and grew up in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire The second year Chemical Engineering student at … Read more

Royal British Legion demands fees faced by Commonwealth soldiers leaving the armed forces be scapped

Royal British Legion demands government scraps ‘exorbitant’ fees faced by Commonwealth soldiers who want to stay in the UK after leaving the British armed forces Commonwealth personnel have to pay fees to stay in the UK under current rules Visa fees for a sevice leader and their family can be up to £10,000  The Royal … Read more