You don’t need a Financial Planner (Part 2)
If you can answer all the following questions with absolute certainty then you do not need to employ a Financial...
Is £4.72m enough for you?
Apparently directors of big companies accrue an average of £259,947 per year in pension benefits. This pension figure is supported...
You don’t need a Financial Planner (Part 1)
Since the start of 2013 some self-select (sometimes known as execution-only) financial product sites have reported record numbers of people...
More economic optimism
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about economic recovery as evidenced by my walk up a street in West...
Your Money Day – our new book is now available
If you follow us on Twitter (@informedchoice, @martinbamford, @andrewneligan or @nickbamford) you may well know that on Tuesday 20th August...
Client seminars in Cranleigh – retirement income & inheritance tax
What two aspects of financial planning are people most concerned about? If pressed to answer that question I would say...
Late starters of their own businesses
Yesterday I wrote about the fact that up to a third of people aged over 55 did not know when...
When will you be able to retire?
A survey by Baring Asset Management identifies that over a third of 55-64 year olds do not know when they...
Is the economy recovering?
According to the Times yesterday the CBI is raising its economic growth forecasts as it predicts that next year Britain...
Why write a book?
Each year I plan, and generally achieve, a goal of reading a book a week. I hope to read even...