I've seen in the news that all this week (15-19 Jan) it's Child Trust Fund week, of which the basic aim seems to be to increase awareness about the the Child Trust Fund and encourage parents to open accounts. Sounds like a good idea to me! I have a 2 year old daughter, and we invested her voucher as soon as we could, so as not to lose any of the interest on it; though I do know quite a few other parents who still just aren't bothering to give any consideration as to how/where they are going to invest their kids' vouchers, which does seem a bit of a shame...
According toThis Is Money , we did fantastically well with our choice The non-stakeholder equity CTF from the Children's Mutual is currently showing interest returns of over 60%... :D Not being the most experienced of investors myself, I feel rather proud of my judgement I'd be interested to know people's opinions on stakeholder vs. non stakeholder, as well as whether you think general awareness/knowledge of the CTF could do with a boost?