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Ed Balls launches Child Trust Fund Week
The Economic Secretary, Ed Balls, today launches Child Trust Fund (CTF) week in a visit with Pensions Minister James Purnell to the Ann Taylor Children's Centre in Hackney.
Legal & General supports Child Trust Fund Week
Legal & General will be supporting Child Trust Fund Week (15 to 20 January 2007) with over 440 advisers across the UK.
CTF Week: Societies answer parents' questions
Child Trust Fund Week (CTF Week) is a great opportunity for parents to ask questions and get saving for their children, says the Building Societies Association (BSA).
HSBC’s stakeholder child trust fund shows a 30% return
As the government launches its inaugural Child Trust Fund Week, HSBC is urging parents not to miss out on the benefits to be made from tax-free savings for their children’s future after seeing positive growth on its own stakeholder child trust fund.
A great CTF
Next week (15-20 January), the Government will launch a campaign to raise awareness of Child Trust Funds - which Britannia offers at a market leading rate of 6.50 percent.
Child Trust Funds – What’s the real problem?
Lisa Taylor of Moneyfacts.co.uk comments: “Next week is national Child Trust Fund week, Ed Balls will attempt to raise awareness of the saving scheme, as take-up still remains disappointingly low, with a quarter of parents still not investing their voucher.
Grandparent CTF top-ups could see children £14,400 richer
Child Trust Fund (CTF) Week is a chance to bring ‘money’ back to the dinner table, says The Children’s Mutual.
Nearly half of Child Trust Funds provided by mutual insurers
Mutual insurers now provide 47% of all the Child Trust Fund (CTF) accounts opened in the UK, according to figures from the Association of Mutual Insurers (AMI).
"Top-ups, not vouchers will be the true measure of the success of CTFs," says F&C
As the Government prepares to launch the first ever national "Child Trust Fund Week" commencing 15 January:
Child Trust Fund changing nation’s savings habits
The Children’s Mutual today welcomed the latest Child Trust Fund figures, released by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), which show that 2.5 million accounts have now been opened, with three quarters of all parents opening the accounts themselves.
Child Trust Fund accounts near the 2.5 million mark
Almost 2.5 million Child Trust Fund (CTF) accounts have now been opened, the Economic Secretary, Ed Balls, announced today, with three-quarters of all parents opening their children's accounts themselves.
Investing in your child's future
Two years after the Child Trust Fund was launched by the Government, Britannia Building Society still offers a leading rate and has seen more than 50,000 accounts opened.
More grandparents funding childcare
Families are increasingly draining grandparents’ pensions to subsidise costs of childcare and debt repayment, according to new research by engage Mutual Assurance.