My Life as an Independent Financial Adviser
Can you remember what you were doing 37 years ago today? By Richard Alexander Dip. PFS
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Opting out of Income Tax: Dream or Reality?
With income tax on investments increasing in Spain this year and next, wouldn’t it be nice to be able to opt out! Actually, many people do just that, quite legitimately; so how do they manage it?
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Let’s move to Spain and open a bar…. It’s easy.
It appears to be the British dream. Give up a well paid job in the UK, fly over to Spain, plough all of your money into a bar, run it for a year, then retire off the earnings. - By Count De La Perrelle
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Out with the old and in with the new!
If only it was that simple! By Richard Alexander Dip. PFS
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Surrendering your UK pension fund may sound attractive
But what are the potential downsides? By Richard Alexander Dip. PFS
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Boy, oh boy! There is so much to put right!
Where do you start to put right all those years of gross mismanagement?
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MARKETS: up today – down tomorrow; so what next?
Time is a major factor, not only the timing of making or encashing investments but also the timescale as to when you need to gain access to the capital
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Chasing Income!
“In July, we saw interest rates in the Eurozone increase by 0.25% to 1.50%...” states Richard Alexander Dip. PFS
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The UK pension conundrum!
There is no single answer. By Richard Alexander Dip. PFS
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Investment types Active versus Passive
There have been many words written to argue in favour of either active or passive investments and it is fair to say that both have their merits. - By Richard Alexander Dip. PFS
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