By Rachel Efetha, Chartered Financial Planner based in Bedford. Last year I took part in the Prudential Ride London 100-mile bike ride and took the opportunity to raise money for Bowel Cancer UK. The reason I chose this particular charity is because a friend of friends, Mark, who I had met from time to time [...]
By Tracey Foster, Independent Financial Adviser. Following the launch of our Birmingham office in October 2017, we are looking forward to 2018 and are delighted to be part of the Colmore Business District. These are exciting times for us as a business and at a time in the financial services industry when sound advice has [...]
By Rachel Efetha, Chartered Financial Adviser. You’ll be able to claim the new State Pension if you’re a man born on or after 6 April 1951 or a woman born on or after 6 April 1953. If you were born earlier than that, you’ll get your pension under the old rules. To qualify, you need to [...]
Executors are feeling more confident in administrating a will themselves. Below are some of the key duties that you need to undertake if you decided that doing it yourself is for you. Your role as an executor of the will. Register the death. Register the death at a local register office. You'll need the lasted copy [...]
Anstee & Co managing director Caroline Anstee on how financial education can solve the industry’s problems By Amanda Newman Smith 29th September 2017 12:29 pm from Money Marketing. Anstee & Co managing director Caroline Anstee Entering one crossword answer can often help you with those that are linked to it. You may not be able [...]
Landlords with a buy-to-let mortgage will be facing further new regulations being introduced on the 1st October 2017. These new rules have been introduced by The Bank of England. They apply to landlords who have a property portfolio of four or more properties. Every time such landlords refinance one property or buy another, mortgage lenders will have [...]
People generally plan for the short term. We tend to concentrate on generating wealth and accumulating assets such as property or shares to protect our families. Both now and in retirement. However, what happens after we die? Arranging funeral expenses may be the only action we take. By doing this we are helping to build [...]
This, unfortunately is a question that our financial advisers we are being asked more and more by clients. So do you need a financial adviser? To start with all the assets of a divorcing couple will need to be valued. This is before any decisions can be taken as to how they should be shared. This [...]
Recent figures show that forty two percent of marriages in England and Wales now end in divorce. One of the age groups where divorce rates are rising in the over sixties. This maybe due to more financial independence. This is according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). So how can a financial adviser help? After [...]
Married couples and civil partners who no longer wish to live together but do not wish to terminate their marriage or civil partnership have the option of separating either informally or formally. This is also known as separation. What is an informal separation? An informal separation would require agreement on such issues as children, money, housing [...]
