About Boring Money
By Holly Mackay, Founder & CEO
Welcome to Boring Money. We’re an independent business which I set up back in 2015 to help ‘normal people’ who don't have PhDs in finance make some smart investment decisions - quickly and painlessly. If you think you are cr@p at money, or you’re not sure who to trust or you could use some tips and pointers with your savings, investments and pensions - you’re in the right place! Join the millions of Brits who have used Boring Money as a trusted source of help with their money.
I’ve worked in the investment industry for over 24 years now, watching an endless procession of the Old School Brigade wanting to “educate” investors and force them to read pages of gobbledygook until they feel like banging their heads against walls. It shouldn’t feel this hard!
You don’t need to get off on economics or be able to calculate the square root of 1,156 in your head to make sensible decisions about your finances. Here’s a little secret which most people in finance won’t tell you: Once you get through the torrent of jargon and pie charts, sensible mainstream investing can actually be quite easy... shhh!
Our mission is to cut through the cr@p, to explain stuff in normal language and to help everyone who has ever felt a bit alienated, patronised or simply cross-eyed and exhausted, to make some good decisions and to get those financial monkeys off your back! We’ll help you to learn about money and then support you to take some action – whether that’s taking a course, choosing an ISA, opening a pension, picking some funds or approaching an adviser. We’re not regulated financial advisers so we offer up generic information and guidance, not personalised financial advice.
We make money from sponsorship and advertising on the site. If you like the sound of a provider and click-through, we might be paid a referral fee which will be clearly signposted with a bright orange button. And we also use our knowledge about what makes customers tick to support the industry with research and insights to help them deliver better products and services.