At the start of this year I decided to read this book – it’s a daily reading, a bible, if you like, for financial advisers and wealth managers from a man who has over 50 years’ experience of helping families with their finances. I’m so glad I did! On January […]
Category Archives: Wealth
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If all plans are out of the window is it worth planning at all? What a year! If anyone had told us we would not have believed them. So many plans cancelled. But what about our clients’ long term financial plans? Were they even affected by the Covid pandemic? Not […]
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NHS Pension Members – Don’t forget to declare excesses from your 19/20 pension savings on your January Self Assessment return. If you have exceeded your Annual Allowance for 19/20 and you don’t have sufficient unused annual allowance to carry forward to cover the excess, you must declare this on your […]
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Most business owners are focussed individuals and love what they do. Our financial planning team RL Wealth are in the fortunate position to see the whole picture. They can see the turnover, the profits, the tax return but, because it’s about balancing the business finances with the owner’s personal financial […]
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As a wealth management firm whose purpose is to ‘Make a positive difference to people’s lives’, we recently invited our clients to take part in global survey of investors run by Dimensional, an investment manager we work with. The results from the survey help us to develop our services to […]
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The coronavirus pandemic has been a wake-up call for many of us in various senses, but especially when it comes to finances. That’s why the theme of this year’s Good Money Week is ‘Clean Slate Green Slate’, encouraging people to consider green investment options, particularly as nearly 40% of us […]
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If you draw income from your pension or investments ask yourself – do you have a Power of Attorney in place? If you are taking an income from your pensions and investments and these are managed by a financial adviser, then you will likely meet up with your adviser at […]
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What is sustainable and responsible investment? Over the past few years Robson Laidler has been looking at how we as a firm can make a difference. To name a few, we are partners in the global B1G1 Business for Good community that supports the UN with its global sustainable development […]
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To round off with the Financial Planning Week blog posts from our team, Director and Chartered Financial Planner Amanda Cowie gives her thoughts on financial planning when you are nearing 50!… If, like me, you are getting near your “special” birthday you maybe can’t believe that you are at […]
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Today to support Financial Planning Week are some top tips from our paraplanner Danielle Knowles for young families saving for their future whilst looking after their loved ones… I am Danielle, a 37-year-old mum of two to Charlie 5 and Daisy 3. Working in financial services makes you […]