Wealth & Finance International - March 2017

Wealth & Finance International 10 Last Minute ISAs: ‘Go Green’ to Protect Your Money from Brexit As this years’ ISA season ticks down its final days, people keen to ‘use it or lose it’ to help protect themselves fromBrexit fallout (rising inflation and turbulent stock markets), can choose the Abundance ISA which invests in renewable energy projects typically paying 6% to 9% returns, right up to 11:59pm on April 5th next week. The Abundance ISA is one of the UK’s first and most popular ‘Innova- tive Finance ISAs’ (IFISAs), offering a risk/return middle ground between traditional Cash ISAs paying sub-inflation interest, and Stocks & Shares ISAs riding highly volatile and overheated stock markets. In addition, the Abundance ISA offers real diversification through its in- vestments being ‘non-correlated’ i.e. – they don’t move with stock mar- kets – precisely what investment experts are telling us we need right now. Bruce Davis, cofounder and Managing Direct of Abundance said, “As Theresa May pushes the Article 50 Brexit button this week, however you voted, your finances are feeling the Brexit effect. The plummeting pound has triggered a big jump in inflation and the stock market seems to be as volatile as Trump’s temper.” “Whichever way you voted, it still makes sense to reserve your tax-free ISA allowance now and find some alternative places to invest your money that aim to give long term returns that take a bit of risk to gain a march on the rise in inflation, without having to climb aboard the stock market rollercoaster’. As all of the £10m of projects first offered in the Abundance ISA have been fully subscribed, and before the next projects go live on the site, the Abundance ISA is paying 2% AER on investors’ cash (higher than any Cash ISA and with full FSCS protection) until the end of May, giving people time to choose which of the new projects soon to be launched they would like to invest in. If customers do not like any of the projects offered before the end of May, they can simply transfer their money to another ISA provider and incur no charges or penalties. Since launch more than 4 years ago, no projects offered by Abundance have defaulted. All projects have been highly-vetted UK-based renewable energy PLCs, offering investment via regulated, tradeable Debentures of- fering far better consumer protections than mini bonds and the like. Abundance investors say they love the ‘real world’ that their money is invested in – projects that help the UK economy, society and the planet. A selection of photographs of these projects can be found here. More on the Abundance ISA can be found at: https://www.abundancein- vestment.com/our-products/innovative-finance-isa/how-abundance-isa- compares Wealth & Finance Inter ational | News