How do you leave a legacy which serves your family’s best interests?

Will you be one of the thousands of households in Britain that will have to pay Inheritance Tax? What’s the best way to avoid it? If you’re administering an estate because someone has died, how do you obtain probate? Is it ever possible to retrospectively minimise an estate’s tax liabilities? Inheritance Tax receipts reached a…

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A guide to critical illness cover

It’s important you don’t let a life-changing moment disrupt your home and work life and put a strain on your family’s finances which is why we’ve put together a guide on critical illness cover. What would life be like if you were diagnosed with a serious illness? Things could change very suddenly. You’d get your…

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Have more control over your pension pot

Saving for retirement is one of our greatest financial priorities and it may be the case you’d prefer to have more control over your pension pot. For appropriate investors, one option to consider is a Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) Please note that a SIPP is a type of Personal Pension, and the rules as to…

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Have more control over your pension pot

Saving for retirement is one of our greatest financial priorities and it may be the case you’d prefer to have more control over your pension pot. For appropriate investors, one option to consider is a Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) Please note that a SIPP is a type of Personal Pension, and the rules as to…

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What you need to know about the new State Pension

The figures for people qualifying for the full new State Pension following its introduction in April 2016 reveal almost two in five pensioners (365,290 people, or 38% of claimants) receive less than £150 a week, while a further 314,290 people (33% of claimants) receive more than £150 per week [1]. The new State Pension is…

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TIPS Financial Magazine - September/October

TIPS Financial Magazine Sep/Oct 2019

Welcome to the latest issue of our TIPS Financial Magazine. At the time of writing, the UK Government said it is ‘ready and willing’ to do a deal to leave the EU if new terms are negotiated with Brussels. But the new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has vowed the UK will leave the EU ‘come…

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Understand Investment Risk

If you want to plan for your financial future, it helps to understand investment risk. If you understand the risks associated with investing and you know how much risk you are comfortable taking, you can make informed decisions and improve your chances of achieving your goals. Risk is the possibility of losing some or all…

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Life Insurance Protection

Welcome to our Guide to Life Insurance Protection. It’s not easy to think about how you would secure your family’s future if you were no longer around. Understandably, we would rather not think of the time when we’re no longer around. But it’s important to protect the things that really matter – like our loved…

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Your five year plan for a comfortable retirement

Do you have a five year plan for a comfortable retirement? Retiring is a huge life event and the very concept of retirement is changing with phased retirement becoming more common. The way we access our pension is now a lot more flexible, and it’s no secret that in the UK we’re living longer than…

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Plan for the life you want

No two people have identical financial circumstances, which is why it’s essential you have your own total wealth solution that meets your individual needs and goals. Planning for financial success can be complicated in today’s world. A broad knowledge of everything from complex retirement and investment products to risk management strategies and tax laws is…

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Protecting wealth

A total wealth solution has no value unless it is properly implemented through an appropriate investment strategy. If you’ve got a sufficient amount of money in your cash savings account – enough to cover you for at least six months – and you want to see your money grow over the long term, then you…

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Create a total wealth solution

We’ve put together some steps to help you create a total wealth solution. If you do not know where you are going on your journey, how will you know when you arrive? This is very true about the importance of having financial goals. You need to set financial goals to help you make wise financial…

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