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05 Apr 2023
The 5 best ways to spend your money
Financial Planning is all about helping you reach the point where you can spend all the money that you want without having to earn it first. As planners and wealth managers, we tend to concentrate too much on the process. We ask questions such as –… Read More
28 Mar 2023
Bulletproof your financial plan – The role of protection
What is protection or insurance? It’s ultimately an exercise in mathematics or risk management. There is a probability of A that B will happen and that will lead to an economic loss of C. To insure this, there is a monthly cost of D. So if… Read More
22 Mar 2023
Liquidity, Longevity and Legacy – The Three Ls of Financial Planning
What are the three L’s of financial planning and wealth management They are Liquidity, Longevity and Legacy. They are all about the time horizons of your financial objectives and a way of matching your assets to your future liabilities The way to visualise is to consider… Read More
04 Mar 2023
Seven Brutally Honest Financial Truths
In the movie Jerry Maguire, the main character, a sports agent played by Tom Cruise has an epiphany in the middle of the night and writes a mission statement called “The Things we Think and Do Not say” in which he exposes his industry’s greed and lack of… Read More
06 Feb 2023
Is your mindset holding you back from enjoying your retirement? Financial planning could help
When you think about retirement planning, what challenges come to mind? While ensuring you have enough saved and that you don’t run out of money are common concerns, there is one you may have overlooked: changing from a saving to a spending mindset. To secure your retirement, putting money away… Read More
16 Nov 2022
Behavioural finance: 6 unexpected ways bias could affect your financial decisions
How much does bias affect your financial decisions? While you may try to make decisions based on facts, it can be much easier than you think to overlook when your decisions are being influenced by emotions or bias. Read on to discover six signs that bias could be affecting your… Read More
18 Mar 2022
5 financial mistakes US expats in London are making!
You have arrived in London from the US, settled into your career, arranged schooling for the children bought your house and invested your money for your retirement just like your colleagues at work. All fine so far? No! Remember you are still a US citizen. And the US is one of… Read More
18 Mar 2022
10 key concepts to understand and achieve financial independence
With everything that is going on around us at the moment, we can sometimes feel powerless, consumed by world events, scared by swings in markets and fearful of the short term. We should remember however that our financial future is something we can always actively shape and influence. So it’s… Read More
24 Feb 2022
10 Reasons to be cautious about investing in property
We are constantly asked particularly by clients and prospects, whether they should invest in property, such as in residential buy to let investments. It’s certainly true that real estate in the UK has appreciate significantly over the long term. The fact also that property prices are not updated on a… Read More