Tag Archives: financial planning

ESG investing – a new normal?

ESG Investing

Over the last year we have been having more conversations around ESG investing – where fund priorities are based on environmental, social, and governance issues. There has always been a small number of individuals who have specifically mentioned that they wish for a particular area to be excluded from their […]

Danielle’s wealth of knowledge makes her the perfect appointment

Wealth Management

Robson Laidler Wealth has strengthened its team with the appointment of Danielle Knowles, with more than 15 years industry experience, as a paraplanner.   Danielle, 37, has joined Robson Laidler Wealth from a specialist medical accountancy and financial planning firm where she worked in the Corporate Department for 12 years […]

Financial planning in the North East – fail to plan, plan to fail

financial planning success

It’s a well-known expression and one that we at Robson Laidler Wealth focus 100% of our client time on. To us, working with our clients is not about selling products, we’re always thinking about our clients’ plans and how we might help achieve them with good financial planning. Our priority […]

Top Earner Pensions – Trick or Treat?

High Earner Pension

NHS pensions made news this year, consultants and GPs blaming large tax bills, linked to pension statements, for making some work uneconomic. But why should high-earning power, coupled with pension provision, spell trouble – even for top-earners outside the NHS? Two key allowances are at play: the annual allowance (AA) […]

Pensions in your twenties and thirties?!

young person pension planning

As a thirty something (and hurtling towards the big 40) I often find myself thinking about retirement and what it’s going to look like.  Not necessarily what I’ll be doing or the fact I’ll be finished work forever (yippee), I’m thinking about money, my pension, and will I have enough […]

Lifetime Allowance – Myths you need to know

Lifetime allowance

For those who haven’t heard of this before, the Lifetime Allowance (LTA) is the amount that a UK individual can hold in a registered pension arrangement(s).  Now the LTA is £1.055m and it is set to increase with CPI every year.

NHS Pensions – handy hints to plan your exit

NHS Pension

For most of the doctors I meet, their NHS Pension will underpin their retirement planning.  So, it’s probably a good idea to get clued up/take some advice if you have a specific date/lifestyle in mind! Here’s what you should be thinking about: We think it’s a good idea to determine […]

Financial Planning for North East Women

Financial planning for women

Come on ladies, it’s time to get a handle on long term finance! There have been a number of headlines recently about women not taking responsibility for their longer-term planning, many leaving it to their partner. Is this a problem? Perhaps not for some, but in my job I see […]

Financial planning for University – “Today playgroup, tomorrow university”

Financial Planning Student

Someone said this to me about 18 years ago when their daughter, a similar age to mine, had just started playgroup.  This mother, so upset about losing the company of her toddler, not long after started to home-school – successfully, huge admiration.  At the same point, I practically jogged to […]

Later Life Care – a financial time bomb?

Later Life Care - a financial time bomb?

Local authorities are cash strapped – fact.  The Dilnot Report capping the cost of Later Life Care fees keeps being delayed.  Something has to be done to address this. The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has published ‘Care in later life: incentives to use assets to pay for care’ sponsored by […]