In March 2020 Copia Capital Management launched a range of ESG risk rated portfolios. Markets were in freefall on the back of the outbreak of Covid-19, there was great uncertainty…
Read moreSince the pension ‘simplification’ in 2006, the tax benefits of all types of pension scheme have been limited by the same two allowances: the Annual Allowance (the belt) and the…
Read moreOn January 15, the FCA put their defined benefit advice assessment tool (DBAAT) out into the public domain. Up until this date, the weighty Excel spreadsheet had been used behind…
Read more2020 was a year of unprecedented events that shook the globe to its core. When many of us first heard about Coronavirus in January 2020 we believed the virus would…
Read moreThe British Train network is reliable at getting everyone to talk about how unreliable it is. Trains are delayed, they have the wrong number of carriages, that seat you booked…
Read moreI need to kick off by confirming some of the assumptions that support this article. When I refer to new rules, these rules do not actually exist yet. Unless the…
Read moreIt could be argued that the art of distraction, the practice of moving someone’s attention away from what they should really be focused on, has become more prevalent in some…
Read moreInter-generational planning is about passing on wealth in the most effective way, so there is clearly potential for Advisers, as experts in the field, to play a key role. In…
Read moreDelivering a reliable income stream from a diversified portfolio over an unknown period of time has, rightly, been described by William Sharpe as “the nastiest, hardest problem in finance” and…
Read moreThe second of a two-part look at the impact of proposed regulatory changes on financial advice by Lee Coates OBE, Ethical Money and ESG Consultant The observant amongst you will…
Read moreThe month of November started with the world on tenterhooks, watching and waiting for the result of the US election. Unlike most recent elections, this time the system had to…
Read moreThe first of a two-part look at the impact of proposed regulatory changes on financial advice by Lee Coates OBE, Ethical Money and ESG Consultant As Mr Dylan would have it, the times…
Read moreBrexit and your business – transition period end 31 December 2020 So here we have it: the transition period ends on 31 December 2020, but we still don’t know if…
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