{"id":24157,"date":"2024-05-07T10:55:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T09:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/?p=24157"},"modified":"2024-05-07T10:56:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T09:56:07","slug":"in-the-news-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/2024\/05\/07\/in-the-news-6\/","title":{"rendered":"In the news"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Find lost money!<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>Up to \u00a3800m of pension and insurance assets and an even higher amount of savings could be lying dormant, according to new data<sup>1<\/sup>. Bank and savings accounts may be declared dormant if you don\u2019t touch the account for several years and any letters from the bank or building society may fail to reach you if you\u2019ve changed address.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>You can check for free if you have any forgotten savings or current accounts at the government-backed website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mylostaccount.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.mylostaccount.org.uk<\/a>, making sure to check that the service is suitable for you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Future generations prioritised<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>According to research<sup>2<\/sup>, parents and guardians have been prioritising their children\u2019s savings rather than investing for themselves. Between October and December 2023, the number of JISAs opened soared by 101% compared to 2019 when data was first tracked. There was a corresponding drop in ISA investments in the same period. Mothers led the way \u2013 since the start of 2019, the number of new JISAs opened was up by 115%, compared to fathers, which was up by 87%. It\u2019s important to find the balance between your own financial stability and that of your children.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><sup>1<\/sup>Commission on Dormant Assets, 2024&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><sup>2<\/sup>Scottish Friendly, 2024&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find lost money!&nbsp; Up to \u00a3800m of pension and insurance assets and an even higher amount of savings could be lying dormant, according to new data1. Bank and savings accounts may be declared dormant if you don\u2019t touch the account for several years and any letters from the bank or building society may fail to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,89],"tags":[],"hd_content_source":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24157"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24161,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24157\/revisions\/24161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24157"},{"taxonomy":"hd_content_source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hd_content_source?post=24157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}