Printable Version | Subscribe | Add to Favourites
New Topic New Poll New Reply
Author: Subject: insurance settlement investment
chris_smith

posted on 3/2/15 at 08:22 PM Reply With Quote
insurance settlement investment

thought id get some ideas from the "Collective" on here,

my son was knocked over 4 years ago, was the most traumatic moments of my life but thankfully had no lasting damage and has fully recovered apart from a small scar on his leg,

the insurance settlement has just been finalised and will automatically be paid to the court to be held until he is 18, and will accrue interest at a rate of 0.5% which as the judge pointed out is pitiful

but i was instructed by the judge that I can go back to court to have the funds released so long as they will be invested until he turns 18

doing some browsing JISA's only allow upto £4k initial investment if im correct? but the amount he has is almost double this

so my question to you guys is, are there any investment opportunity's with a fantastic interest rate that cant be touched until he turns 18?

thanks in advance

Chris





The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows."

View User's Profile E-Mail User View All Posts By User U2U Member
bi22le

posted on 3/2/15 at 11:07 PM Reply With Quote
Can you realise 4k a year and take out two?

Is more risky but last year i invested in ETF. They are grouped shares and can be tax free.

My overall average return was 15% with one of them going up by 25%.

Ridiculous!

If i hit that every year i will be a millionaire by the time i am 50!!





Track days ARE the best thing since sliced bread, until I get a supercharger that is!

Please read my ring story:
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/13/viewthread.php?tid=139152&page=1

Me doing a sub 56sec lap around Brands Indy. I need a geo set up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHksfvIGB3I

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
Slimy38

posted on 4/2/15 at 09:50 AM Reply With Quote
4K in an ISA, 4K in 'another savings account', then next year move the 4K into a second ISA? I can understand the investment restriction, but they should be ok for you to move them between investments?
View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
cliftyhanger

posted on 4/2/15 at 10:08 AM Reply With Quote
Is the issue that the funds have to be "ringfenced" until he is 18? That may be tricky, but a trust may/should be possible?
As to the court interest rate, it must be tied to the BOE base rate. Hopeless.

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member
rodgling

posted on 4/2/15 at 11:00 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Slimy38
4K in an ISA, 4K in 'another savings account', then next year move the 4K into a second ISA? I can understand the investment restriction, but they should be ok for you to move them between investments?


Agree, this seems like a good approach if you are allowed to do this. (I think you can add £4k to a JISA each tax year, so you only need the one JISA account).

View User's Profile Visit User's Homepage View All Posts By User U2U Member
mark chandler

posted on 4/2/15 at 11:28 AM Reply With Quote
Abbey current account beats an ISA on interest these days!

Held in trust, is there any reason why this should not be you? It just says do not pinch the money for yourself, unscrupulous people will convert it into rent and use it to offset school trips, college etc so just register in a couple of names so you are not at risk.

View User's Profile View All Posts By User U2U Member

New Topic New Poll New Reply


go to top






Website design and SEO by Studio Montage

All content © 2001-16 LocostBuilders. Reproduction prohibited
Opinions expressed in public posts are those of the author and do not necessarily represent
the views of other users or any member of the LocostBuilders team.
Running XMB 1.8 Partagium [© 2002 XMB Group] on Apache under CentOS Linux
Founded, built and operated by ChrisW.