True lifelong financial planning for the serious business of life.
True lifelong financial planning
for the serious business of life.
True lifelong financial planning for the serious business of life.
True lifelong financial planning
for the serious business of life.
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Sam Petts is a Chartered Financial Planner and Chairman of the Clarion Investment Committee, who works with business owners to develop bespoke and integrated plans to help them achieve their goals. Here, he explains his key advice for clients looking to sell their business. Sam said: “Try to start planning and seeking advice early. Don’t […]
Tags: financial planning, selling your business, wealth management
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Financial Planning,
Investment management
Clarion is in the business of true lifelong financial planning, not just financial advice. Here, one of our Chartered Financial Planners and Chairman of the Clarion Investment Committee, Sam Petts, who has worked in the industry for 20 years, explains his key strategies for getting a handle on family finances. Sam said: “I would always […]
Tags: family finance, financial planning, wealth management
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Financial Planning,
Investment management
Clarion is in the business of true lifelong financial planning, not just financial advice. Here, one of our Chartered Financial Planners and Chairman of the Clarion Investment Committee, Sam Petts, explains what this means for our clients. So, what does Clarion mean by true lifelong financial planning? Sam said: “It starts with developing a bespoke […]
Tags: financial planning, The Clarion Way, wealth management
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Financial Planning,
Investment management
Peter Butcher is one of our Chartered Financial Planners who works with clients to give them a bespoke service – the Clarion Way. Peter said: “The real commodity that we offer our clients is our time. We have a rule at Clarion that is to keep a lower number of good quality clients, so we […]
Tags: financial planning, The Clarion Way, wealth management
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Financial Planning,
Investment management
Minutes of the Clarion Investment Committee held at 1pm on 19th November 2020 by video link. Committee Members in attendance: – Sam Petts (SP) IC Chairman and Financial Planner Keith Thompson (KWT) Clarion Chairman Dmitry Konev (DK) Analyst (Margetts Fund Management) Toby Ricketts (TR) Fund Manager (Margetts Fund Management) Jacob Hartley (JH) Technical Assistant Clarion *Apologies […]
Tags: funds, MGTS Clarion Explorer, MGTS Clarion Meridian, MGTS Clarion Prudence, MTGS Clarion Navigator
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Investment management
“No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” – Winston Churchill The US Presidential election has been a welcome distraction during the national lockdown amid the ongoing […]
Tags: covid, democracy, US elections
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Investment management
What does the Covid-19 pandemic have to do with Capital Gains Tax? The coronavirus pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on public sector finances and will continue to do so for many years to come. Increasing Capital Gains Tax is one option available to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to help him balance the books […]
Tags: Capital gains tax, Coronavirus, financial planning, investments, portfolios
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Financial Planning,
Investment management
“Interest rates are to asset prices what gravity is to an apple. When there are low interest rates, there is a low gravitational pull on asset prices.” Warren Buffett In February 2009 when base interest rates had just been cut to 1% per annum, I had a friendly wager with an accountant friend about the […]
Tags: cash savings, inflation, interest rates
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Financial Planning,
Investment management
Minutes of the Clarion Investment Committee held at 1pm on 15th October 2020 by video link. Committee Members in attendance: – Sam Petts (SP) IC Chairman and Financial Planner Keith Thompson (KWT) Clarion Chairman Dmitry Konev (DK) Analyst (Margetts Fund Management) Toby Ricketts (TR) Fund Manager (Margetts Fund Management) Jacob Hartley (JH) Technical Assistant Clarion […]
Tags: funds, MGTS Clarion Explorer, MGTS Clarion Meridian, MGTS Clarion Prudence, MTGS Clarion Navigator
Category:
Investment management