Author Archives: Nick Bamford

Five investments to avoid in 2012

2011 has been a tough year for investments. Or perhaps it is more accurate to say that 2011 has been …

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An investment case study

Robert and Penny have had some historically poor experiences of investing their money. Their previous adviser was very keen on …

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There is no such thing as free advice

Recently there has been some debate amongst our peers on the subject of “free advice”. In fact there really is …

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Fixed Protection and the Lifetime Allowance explained

This morning I presented a live webcast on the subject of Fixed Protection and the Lifetime Allowance. Within this webcast …

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A typical client journey

We always follow a six-step approach to helping our clients to achieve their financial planning goals and objectives. We thought …

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Build, Manage & Protect Your Wealth

Our ‘strapline’ as a firm of Chartered Financial Planners is that we work with individuals, trustees and business owners to …

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How do we do it?

If you came to our office, you would not be surprised to discover that we are diligently working away on …

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Pensions & Divorce. How much will I get?

When a party to a divorce receives a Pension Sharing Annex signed off by the Court we are often asked …

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Difficult conditions, great service

I witnessed the most impressive form of customer service on Saturday evening. My wife Andy and I attended the first …

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When markets are volatile, follow a process

What a week it was for the investment markets! Turmoil fuelled by fear and the contagion of fear. No one …

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