Protecting your retirement cash flow

Given the wild global swings in January caused by uncertainty on inflation, interest rates and Russia sitting on the Ukraine border I write below to remind you of the protection that we have in place for clients that are in drawdown and hence needing the certainty of annual cash flow withdrawal in calm or volatile…

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UK house price boom – Will it continue?

Last year saw a substantial increase in house prices. A new study has shown that the UK housing market has surpassed many other countries, in part due to some buyers amassing savings during lockdown. According to Knight Frank’s global house prices index the value of homes across 56 countries and territories increased by 9.4 per…

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Defined benefit pension schemes look to de-risk

According to consultancy Aon and its Global Risk Survey, defined benefit schemes are increasingly looking to de-risk their investment approach to protect their improved funding levels. The survey asked 137 UK representatives of schemes of all sizes about their approach to investment and found that three-quarters of schemes now have funding levels higher than they…

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