The recent closure of the Neil Woodford Equity Income fund brings into focus the value of regular investment review. Neil Woodford is perhaps the UK best known fund manager. His reputation was built on many years of outperformance by his…
Read more...
People looking for professional financial advice on such important issues as Financial & Investment Advice, Retirement Planning or Estate Planning matters should seek an Independent Financial Adviser who has achieved Chartered Financial Planner status. A Chartered Financial Planner is someone…
Read more...
Out with the old and in with the new is very appt when talking about annual allowances. The last few weeks have been very busy as clients seek to take up their full ISA and pension contributions for the 18/19…
Read more...
We are delighted to announce the launch of our new and updated Estate Capital Website. The website has been totally rebuilt and has a number of new sections and additional content. May we thank all of you who supported our…
Read more...
At the end of last year, we were concerned with the volatility in the markets with interest rate rises by the Federal Reserve, the trade dispute between Chins and the USA, the slowing of the Chinese economy, the uncertainty of…
Read more...
The Residence Nil Rate Band (RNRB) could potentially save a client’s estate a lot of money in Inheritance Tax. The RNRB began on 6 April 2017. For deaths that occur after this date, estates can claim the RNRB in addition…
Read more...
The global stock market recovery rally is entering its sixth consecutive week. This has been somewhat surprising given that the economic news is anything but inspiring? The answer has much to do with global monetary liquidity, which became very tight…
Read more...
We would like to thank the many clients who have been in touch to congratulate us on our entry into the FT Adviser top 100 adviser firms in the UK A particular big thank you goes to David Strawbridge of…
Read more...
The risk of the UK leaving the EU on the 29th March without a pre-agreed exit deal has significantly increased. For several weeks we had expected an agreed withdrawal agreement and therefore felt a hard Brexit investment strategy was not…
Read more...