Demonstrating value to our clients is crucial. There have been a number of studies by industry bodies and providers, including Royal London here and Russell Investments here, which quantify the value advice can give to our clients. The results are clear; individuals are better off, net of costs, by taking financial advice. What about business owners? Let us
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There are many ways for the directors of a business to buy its premises. Below we will look at the benefits and drawbacks of the main ways. Company purchase Benefits If the company buys the property, it does not affect how the director’s pensions are invested in any way. If the company owns the property,
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The British Medical Association (BMA) has written to doctors reminding them of the 2019/20 Annual Allowance Charge Compensation Scheme. What is the compensation scheme? The compensation scheme aims to cover annual allowance charges arising in the NHS pension scheme incurred in the tax year 2019/20. The scheme covers NHS England and NHS Wales, but not
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IHT receipts for April to October 2020 were £33 million higher than for the same period last year. October 2020’s receipts were also up 17% compared to October 2019. This could be due to the Covid-19 pandemic. What it does show is that many families who have not done any planning may have paid tax
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We have written a post previously about focusing on income when investing. I wanted to go into some of the evidence behind focusing on income when investing not being the best strategy. When looking at this, there is probably no more famous theory in Finance than Modigliani/Miller. Known as the Dividend Irrelevance Hypothesis it says investors should not worry about
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Buried amongst the other announcements made on 25 November was a paper from the Treasury looking at measures of inflation. It revealed a decision about replacing the Retail Prices Index (RPI) with the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) including owner-occupied housing costs (CPIH). The RPI has not been an official National Statistic since 2013 because of serious deficiencies
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