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Tag Archives: Wealth
Don’t blame advisers for non-advised drawdown!
“Savers accessing the burgeoning non-advised drawdown market are failing to engage with information, investing in unsuitable investments and risking running out of money in retirement, an FCA probe has found”. – John Greenwood – Corporate Adviser. You can read the … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, pensions
Tagged CDC, FCA, inheirtable, pension, pensions, Retirement, retirment incomes, Wealth
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Has the hardest nastiest problem in finance just got a little easier?
I enjoyed reading this serious and sensible argument by Steven Lowe of “Just”. I suspect that most financial advisers reading it will conclude, as I do, that planning an income for the final years of someone’s life is so fraught that (if … Continue reading
Why Martin Bamford is right to stay an independent financial adviser
SJP – we have been here before Martin Bamford has produced an excellent piece explaining why everyone he knows “loves to hate St James’ Place” . It turns out that quite a few people Martin knows work for St James’ … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, club pension, pensions
Tagged advice, IFA, Martin bamford, St James Place, Wealth
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FAKE NEWS – eroding the credibility of pensions.
“Yesterday I ran a blog complaining not about fake news but about misinformation accompanying the news. MOMENTUM – hang your head in shame! The news Momentum has is that the vast majority of people over 55 still don’t know when … Continue reading
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Tagged Financial wellness, Freedom, Income, momentum, pension, pension freedom, Placebo, Retirement, WASPI, Wealth
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2017 – a year when workplace pensions will grow up!
Restoring confidence in pensions 2017 has dawned on a different pension landscape . There are more than twice as many employers participating in workplace pensions as at any time in British history, the stock market is at an all-time high … Continue reading
Posted in Fawlty Towers, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged auto-enrolement, CDC, Drawdown, Grow, internet, pension playpen, pensions, People's Pension, Wealth, workplace Pensions
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Can succession succeed? An everyday story of IFA folk.
Yesterday I published an article about my fears of putting my money into the hands of a wealth manager. They can be summed up as Financial – the “money” bit of value for money , was skewed against me … Continue reading
Why I’m scared of wealth managers
This blog’s written for the advisory community, but if – like me – you are considered a target for wealth management – you might want to read it too. Consumers approaching the tipping point from saving to spending their … Continue reading
SMEs pay for pension advice -but not to IFAs
One of the oddest aspects of auto-enrolment is the disappearance of the IFA. There are exceptions of course but when it comes to the core enterprise of the IFA, advising , implementing and nurturing workplace pensions, the IFA is nowhere … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, FCA, financial advisor, IFA, pensions, Retirement, TPR, Wealth, wealth management
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The “troubled” generation
It’s not my phrase, infact it’s TPAS’ Michelle Cracknell’s phrase but I guess it applies to me. I’m 54 and according to everything I’ve been told for the past 30 years, it should be time to retire. I am … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Drawdown, Employment, Financial services, IFA, Michelle Cracknell, pension, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Wise, Retire, Retirement, TPAS, Wealth
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SHARE OF WEALTH OWNED BY THE RECENTLY RETIRED HAS NOW OVERTAKEN THE UNDER 45s
This is good stuff from the Resolution Foundation . The baby boomers really are doing for Gen x/y David Willets is an interesting chap. Once known as “two brains” he may have jettisoned one – now he’s gone to the … Continue reading
