Calculating the value of financial advice Quantifying the value of financial advice has always been a challenge because people who receive financial advice have different characteristics to those who do not.But what if it was now possible to quantify the value of financial advice and isolate...
London Financial Services - Pensions and Wealth Planning Every journey starts with a destinationLooking at the bigger picture for your wealth and securityEvery plan starts with a goal, just like every journey starts with a destination. Planning your financial future is not only important for your...
A Comfortable Retirement 5 Year PlanRetiring is a huge life event. And the very concept of retirement is changing with phased retirement becoming more common. The way we access our pension is now a lot more flexible, and it’s no secret that in the UK...
Retirement Planning and Pensions It is news to some, but not all, that outside of their home, their greatest investment is the cumulative value of their pensions. There always seems to be much in the financial media about retirement planning – it’s increasingly unlikely that the...
Financial Advice - Green Investing On Friday 20th September, 4 million protesters worldwide took to the streets to demand action against the climate crisis. This was what may end up being the largest mass protest for action against the climate crisis in history. Yet, it began...
As the USA (still by far the world’s largest economy) emerges from recession with consistent good economic data, we should be set fair for improving conditions. It led us into the Credit Crunch…it should lead us out…But sadly our banks are tied up with this...
We’re not going to lie. The Private Rental Sector is pretty exciting right now.Since the creation of a Buy to Let investment as a specific mortgage product in 1996, house prices, fuelled by a shortage of stock and a rapidly growing population have rocketed.As cranes...
Financial commentators love a crisis. It’s a time to be smug, speaking with their perfect 20:20 hindsight on what’s happened and a chance to demonise all those involved. Their sights are now firmly trained on London house prices and fears of a property bubble in...
We have a challenge for you. Try to pick the best performing asset class for 2014 from the picture on the left (feel free to click on the picture for a closer view). Which did you go for? The point isn’t actually which asset class actually performed...
When we ask our clients why they should buy house insurance, we normally get responses in this order:1) For peace of mind and reassurance.2) To pay out in case something goes wrong.Virtually every conversation we have around the details of building and contents cover starts...