Thera In the press

15 Mar 2023

Spring Budget 2023- LTA Scrap “could see more people turn to IFAs”

Thera Wealth Management owner Phillip Dragoumis said it was "a real positive" that pensions rules were getting simpler, adding: "Overall, this was a very impressive budget."

22 Feb 2023

Short duration bonds most popular with financial advisers

Philip Dragoumis, director and owner at Thera Wealth Management, said the firm's approach to fixed income depended on the client, their investment term, objectives and their risk tolerance. He added: "We believe in duration matching so clients who are happy with some volatility and are investing long-term in their pensions can be certain of the yields they can achieve and that returns can at least match or beat inflation.

12 Dec 2022

8% of adults cancelling insurance products during cost-of-living crisis

The ONS has published a report showing that 18% of adults have no savings, 7% were unable to pay a bill in the past month and 8% had cancelled a financial product such as a pension or dental/life insurance.

23 Nov 2022

Inflation/wages growth gap revealed by ONS

Over the two time periods of January through March 2022 and April through June 2022, the growth of regular salaries lagged behind rising inflation, according to figures from the Office of National Statistics.

23 Nov 2022

ONS report into wages and inflation – professional and scientific sectors keep pace, retail, property and finance suffer

Since May to July 2022, the professional and scientific industry has been the only one where regular wage growth (excluding bonuses) has remained higher than inflation; sitting at 10.1% in July to September 2022. This means average wages in the industry in this period were 10.1% higher than the same period the previous year.

17 Nov 2022

IHT freeze: Advisers say mitigation is ‘all in the planning’

Ahead of the Autumn Statement later, advisers have shared their views on inheritance tax (IHT) planning amid expectations the chancellor will extend the government’s threshold freeze until 2028.

03 Nov 2022

Advisers pragmatic on ‘likely’ 0.75% interest rate rise from BoE today

IFAs and financial planning specialists are sharing their views ahead of what has been forecasted to be the biggest interest rate hike in more than 30 years.

02 Nov 2022

How will tomorrow’s rate rise decision affect mortgages? – brokers react

Ahead of tomorrow's Bank of England interest rate decision, Newspage sought the views of IFAs, brokers and money experts on what they expect to see and how the expected rate rise could impact borrowers and savers.

17 Oct 2022

Hunts arrival lifts markets

17 Oct 2022

Pound rallies: Can Chancellor Hunt add credibility for GBP?

03 Oct 2022

UK economy not out of woods despite tax U-turn