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Advice needed: child trust fund coming to maturity

Hi,

My child trust fund is coming to maturity soon, and I’m not entirely sure where to put it next. My initial plan was to open a Vanguard general account and invest in some good funds, whilst alongside that buying 2 year bonds/opening a nutmeg smart alpha account. My long term goal with the money is to try and attain some long term growth, IE a personal pension. I’m not working at the moment, but I am going to university this September. The amount I’m receiving is around 24k, but I have some other misc savings (about 1.4k as an emergency fund, and 10k in various accounts earning little interest) which I’m hoping to invest. Can anyone giv

Hi,

My child trust fund is coming to maturity soon, and I’m not entirely sure where to put it next. My initial plan was to open a Vanguard general account and invest in some good funds, whilst alongside that buying 2 year bonds/opening a nutmeg smart alpha account. The amount I’m receiving is around 24k, but I have some other misc savings (about 1.4k as an emergency fund, and 10k in various accounts earning little interest) which I’m hoping to invest. Can anyone give me some pointers please?

The vanguard funds I’m considering are: -S&P 500 UCITS ETF (VUSA)

-FTSE Global All Cap index fund

-Lifestrategy 80% Equity fund

I was also considering (if possible)investing in BlackRock’s funds,

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