When looking for a solution to depression I had to do quite a lot of digging around and speaking to relevant specialists in many different fields. Some would be dismissive of anything that fell outside of their own experience and others, in all honesty had no idea what they were doing […]
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In my search for quality in a sea of rubbish I have been looking at some of the largest and most well respected insurance and investment providers in the UK; in order to see how good they really are at investing your money. They would never get any of mine. Today we look at Standard
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One of the things to happen when Governments change the rules is the unintended consequences of change, and Pensions – AUTO ENROLMENT is one of these things. I am sure that when the Blair Government got together to put in place the plans, it did not expect those being cared for to be affected, but
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On Friday of last week I was standing in the King and Queen pub [Brighton] with one retired Independent Financial Adviser and one currently authorised by the @FCA. I have known these two people for over twenty years and had in the past supervised them both, this meant that I had to check their
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The Care Act of 2014 brings a good deal of change how long term care is funded. Some more information is here. Call/Email today to discuss your options with our qualified and specialist financial consultant. Initial conversations are always without obligation – and our fee’s are always fixed. Contact us using the form below or
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Pension freedoms will be with us very soon. Some of you will be taking advantage of the new options with effect from a few weeks from this post. There are some problems with pension freedoms that most of the financial advice sector is not being completely honest about; fact is pension freedom is likely to
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Making your money work harder. Getting the most from your money has never been easy, but as I write this in 2015 things have never been more complicated. Record low interest rates have caused sizes and investors to be effected very badly, whilst we can expect interest rates to be going up in the short
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MoneyTrainers. Since 1988 when Financial regulation first started to have an impact in the UK consumers have struggled to find genuine impartial and independent financial planning advice. And despite the promises made via government departments and the financial regulators not much has changed since then. I think it’s fair to say that the effect of
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