As Child Trust Fund laws change we ask the question why the media have labelled existing Child Trust Funds ‘Zombie Accounts’. Recent users of this term include The Financial Times, The Telegraph and The Sunday Times. They have all referred to child trust fund money being trapped in zombie accounts paying low interest rates of [Read More]
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Options Open for CTF Children
It has recently been announced after the Chancellor’s autumn statement that the 6 million children with savings in Child Trust Funds (CTF) will now have the option to transfer to a Junior ISA. This means that, from April 2015, existing holders of a CTF can voluntarily opt to join the new savings regime the Junior [Read More]