15th December 2014
Jonathan Watts-Lay, Director, WEALTH at work comments on the Chancellor’s recent announcement that the government’s 65 plus bonds will pay savers the best available interest rates.
Watts-Lay comments “I think these will be sold out in a nanosecond. Anyone who wants cash savings would be crazy not to go for these – except those who want an instant monthly income, because this isn’t going to work for them.”
Watts-Lay continues “There is an element here that feels a bit cynical. These bonds were designed because cash savers couldn’t get a good rate with building societies because of low interest rates. But these aren’t going to help savers who need to supplement their income in the short term either.”