Hannah joined AJ Bell in 2025 as an investment writer. She was previously a journalist at Portfolio Adviser Magazine, reporting on multi-asset, fixed income and equity funds, as well as macroeconomic impacts and regulatory changes within the industry.
Hannah earned a degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin before beginning her career in London. Before joining the finance industry, she covered state politics in Texas and worked as a sports reporter.
5 May 2026
Returning to work after retiring? What you need to know for your pensionBy the time you’ve reached retirement age, you’ve likely learned that life often doesn’t go as planned. And in this case, it might mean returning to work after you thought you’d thrown in the towel for good.
You may have returned for a bit of extra cash, or just because you were missing the hustle and bustle. But if you weren’t accounting for the...
1 May 2026
Finfluencer or fraud? Navigating investment content on social mediaJust like nearly every other topic in the world, investing has made its way onto social media. Influencers share their own portfolios, tell you how they made their first £100,000, or their most recent stock picks.
While some of this can be helpful information, it’s a part of social media that is fraught with scams and unreliable information. And...
30 April 2026
Time for your portfolio’s checkup? Test these vital statsOne of the perks of investing is that it doesn’t require much work to be successful. In fact, an industry adage is to ‘invest and forget’. But doing a check under the bonnet once in a while ensures that your investments are still serving their purpose.
You can view this like a visit to the dentist. Once or twice a year, you head in to identify any...
27 April 2026
You might be closer to achieving your pension plan than you thinkWhen it comes time to hang up the boots, it’s common to face anxiety about our savings being enough for the retirement we imagined.
Preparing for retirement, we often think about how much we plan to spend, whether that’s continuing a similar lifestyle to your current one or abandoning the UK winters for sea-side sun. Depending on the plans, this...
24 April 2026
How much do you need to save in your pension?Setting yourself up for retirement is one of life's biggest goals, and one of the hardest to plan for.
It's impossible to know exactly how much you’ll need in retirement, because you can’t anticipate every life event or how inflation might change prices by the time you get there. However, having a number in mind can be a helpful goal to aim for...
22 April 2026
How to pick an ‘all-in-one’ fundNot all of us want, or have time, to become investment gurus. While it’s important to know the basics to understand your own situation, delving into the details of how much you should invest in each part of the market can be time consuming. Fortunately, there are certain types of investments designed to take the stress out of investment research.
A...
22 April 2026
Why three markets haven't reacted how we might expect to conflictMarkets are fickle. Even if we knew exactly what was going to happen in the world before they did, it’s another matter entirely to guess what the reaction would be. Investors in gold, bonds and US equities might currently be experiencing a bit of shock at how markets have performed this year.
This can be unnerving. We expect assets to follow a...
21 April 2026
Will you earn more investing all at once or monthly?Taking your money out of a savings account to put into the market might feel like standing on the edge of a high dive.
So, it makes sense that many investors choose to wade in, by investing just a bit each month, before building up the courage for a full plunge.
The idea of ‘a little bit often’ feels intuitive because it’s the way we approach many...
21 April 2026
How to invest on a £30k salaryI started my first job in London on a salary of £30k. It wasn't the lowest salary among my friends, but every month still ended with dinners of a hodgepodge of pasta noodles from the back of my cupboard and sauce that was a few days past the best by date.
It didn’t feel very possible to set money aside for the future when it felt so necessary for...
17 April 2026
£50 or £500, here’s how to reach your money goalsInvesting looks different for everyone . We all have separate goals, amounts we can invest, and strategies we prefer to use. But there’s quite a few investing principles that apply across all kinds of circumstances and some basic steps you can use to get going.
For many people, the most comfortable way to start investing is to put a little bit of...
