Minimum standards required
The Treasury have announced their plans to provide a guidance service to those people with a defined contribution pension plan...
Questions or talk – which is better?
What questions do you expect some one to ask of you when you are buying something from them? Imagine that...
Beauty and value in the same ballpark
Beauty, they say is in the eye of the beholder. So, it seems is value. There has been an interesting...
Don’t regret a lack of advice
Research by specialist annuity provider Just Retirement has identified that three quarters of people who didn’t consider all their at...
20 years of Informed Choice – Nick’s story
Sometimes adversity creates opportunity. In 1994 Andy and I had been independent financial advisers for 5 years as part of...
What do you want from your financial adviser?
I had an interesting call from a gentleman on Friday morning. He already has an adviser providing him with independent...
Freedom and choice in pensions webcast
In announcing the “Freedom and choice in pensions” changes at the last Budget, the Chancellor also told us that there...
Super NISA
Yesterday it was my eldest grandson’s 6th birthday; great fun with a Super Mario themed party for his friends to...
No excuse. Read the statement!
How much retirement income are you going to receive from your private pension plans? Don’t know? Well you are not...
The day I became a stuntman
How many of us I wonder have ever thought about a career in the movie business? Well this week I...