Mark Carney, the Bank of England Governor, delivered good news to the markets with his recent cut in interest rates (and further quantitative easing). It may have been good news to markets but was it good news for people trying to generate income from their investments? Certainly not good news for those relying on bank interest. To generate £10,000 of income (less than half of National Average wage) with an interest rate of 0.1% you would have to deposit £10,000,000. This is over ten times the maximum that an investor is allowed to have in their pension fund – let alone the fact that the vast majority of people will get nowhere near the maximum allowed.
So what can investors do? How can they make sure they have a sustainable income in the long run?