We extend a warm welcome to Carly Buck, who has joined us as a Financial Adviser based in Northamptonshire. Caroline Anstee, Managing Director of Anstee & Co., stated: "I would like to welcome Carly to the Anstee & Co. team. I am confident that Carly will be a great asset to the company, as [...]
One of the most difficult conversations you probably will have with your parents is what plans have they made for their financial future. It’s a balancing act between your parents feeling that they are not losing financial control and you being aware that they have some form of plan in place. All this while [...]
By Caroline Anstee, Managing Director of Anstee & Co. Key points from the Spring Budget. The key tax points to take away from this years Spring Budget Cut in National Insurance for employees from 10% to 8%. Cut in National Insurance for the self-employed from 8% to 6%. Capital Gains tax cut to 24% [...]
So who are the “Sandwich Generation”? The "Sandwich Generation" are the group of people who are feeling the financial strain of supporting their children, grandchildren and ageing parents. With young adults struggling to achieve financial independence and a population that is living longer the burdens and responsibilities of the over 55s are increasing. Recent [...]
By Rachel Efetha, Chartered Financial Planner Execution Only Investments giant, Bestinvest, has published it's latest six-monthly 'Spot the Dog' list. To make it onto the list, a fund must underperform the market by 5% after fees over three years. There are 150 funds on this list, but here are just the worst 18. Fund Size [...]
By Rachel Efetha, Chartered Financial Planner with Anstee & Co. Whilst the 40 somethings parents and grandparents enjoyed a job for life and a pension from their employer based on the number of years service and their final salary. This, along with a state pension at 60 for women and 65 for men, most non-public [...]
Until about ten years ago most people bought an annuity with their pension "pots" on retirement. Over the years buying an annuity this has fallen out of favour. This has been due in part to the fact that many felt it was unfair that you needed to lock in your future pension returns at some [...]
It is a warm welcome to Monika Trow who has joined the team at Anstee & Co. Monica will be based at our Kettering office as part of the Investment and Pension team. Her role as a paraplanner will see her write and research technical reports supporting our team of independent financial advisers (IFA). Monika [...]
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 [...]
