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UK Independent Financial Adviser gives a unique insight into the world of financial planning as a bridge between financial markets and products and the best interests of the clients he serves.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
The Key Benefits Private Client Service demands intensive daily attention to our Clients’ affairs to ensure that their savings, investment, pension and tax planning affairs remain structured to achieve their objectives in accordance with continuous...
More Corruption Needed
Today we hear that the UK has been hit so hard by the recession it now sits below developing countries Nigeria and Panama in the financial stability rankings, according to a report by the World Economic Forum. We knew it was bad, but.....As we have s...
Right Idea - Wrong Country
A splendid idea for tackling the nation's pension crisis was put forward last week. It suggested that a flat rate 30% income tax relief be allowed on all personal pension contributions, which would encourage low to moderate earners to save. At the sa...
What - A Decent Structured Product?
The FTSE 100 Index may just have recorded a record quarterly gain, but tell-tale signs of possible disappointments ahead remain. One such is yesterday’s IMF estimate that the global banking system will have to write off £2,800 billion in losses on...
Statistically Irrelevant
Examination of the annual returns from eight major investment asset classes (UK equities; overseas equities; Chineses equities; gilts; commercial property; commodities; gold; cash) over each of the ten complete years since 1999 is illuminating.Chines...
Inheritance Tax Week Part Three
There are very few circumstances these days under which we implement tax and financial planning arrangements for clients outside of our platform-based Private Client Service, the superiority of which over the traditional way of arranging umpteen jumb...

