Month: March 2019
For the Life you Want
For today’s retirees, retirement has changed almost beyond recognition since their parents’ day. Building a retirement fund requires saving enough money to pay your bills and continue living comfortably when you are no longer generating an income...
We’re in the Sunday Times’ Guide of the UK’s Top Rated Financial Advisers!
We are so proud to have been included in The Times as one of the most popular financial advice firms, according to VouchedFor. The rating site released its list of financial advisers who qualified for its 2019 Guide To The UK’s Top Rated Financial Advisers by receiving the highest number of positive reviews from their clients...
2019 Spring Statement
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, stood up in Parliament at 12.43pm on Wednesday, 13 March, to deliver his second Spring Statement at an inauspicious time following the House of Commons’ dramatic rejection of the Government’s Brexit deal the previous evening. He commented that: “Last night’s vote leaves a cloud of uncertainty hanging over our economy, and our most urgent task in this House is to lift that uncertainty”. He spoke for 36 minutes before commending the statement to the House...
Managing Risk
Many retirees are at risk of overlooking their pension finances by falling into an avoidable trap, according to new research. A third (36%) of people keeping their pension invested through retirement could be hit harder by falling markets as they do not have a cash safety net to fall back on, research has found. And even though two thirds (64%) of retirees are holding cash in reserve...
Market Review February 2019
February was another month when all the important news seemed to happen in the last week of the month.President Trump met with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un for a second time, only for the talks to break down as the US refused North Korea’s demands for sanctions relief...