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Bitcoin has been on something of a rollercoaster ride in the last few months and investors would be forgiven for feeling like they have developed crypto whiplash from the highs and lows. However, there seems to be one constant – Bitcoin’s burgeoning reputation as “dirty currency”. And with investors in 2021 more ESG-aware than ever, […]
Tags: Bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrency, energy, environment, ESG
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Thought pieces
In his New Year message, Clarion Founder Ron Walker reflects on 2020 and the rays of light penetrating the gloom that should be taken as our guiding lights for the next 12 months. Those venerable global organisations the United Nations and the World Health Organisation declared 2020 as, respectively, ‘year of plant health’ and ‘year of […]
Tags: core values, investments, pandemic, portfolios, stock markets
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Thought pieces
Our business development director John Winstanley has been surprised to see a recent number of studies in industry media revealing shockingly high levels of ‘retirement regret’. As a financial planner, I feel incredibly sorry for these people when this feeling of regret can be so easily avoided. Clarion Wealth Planning clients have genuinely fulfilled retirements. […]
Tags: client relationships, investments, pensions, planning, retirement
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Financial Planning,
Lifestyle,
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Clarion chartered financial planner Peter Butcher takes a look at how the lockdown has changed how we communicate with clients and whether that change will be permanent. Video conferencing software has been available for several years, but it is only now that it has been truly embraced. The benefits of Zoom are clear; the reduction […]
Tags: clients, communication, COVID 19, financial planning, lockdown, meeting, video conferencing, Zoom
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Financial Planning,
Thought pieces
After his shock at research revealing one in four clients had not heard from their IFA during the Covid-19 crisis, our business development director John Winstanley takes a look at what service you should expect from your financial planner in lockdown. We are hearing a lot about the “new normal” in terms of how business is being done during the coronavirus outbreak. Many businesses […]
Tags: communication, Coronavirus, financial planning, new normal, relationships, service
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Financial Planning,
Thought pieces
Clarion Wealth Planning’s independent study into the psychology of selling a business has revealed the best guidance when planning a sale comes from those who had been through the experience – and the professionals. A sale of a business may be more difficult and prolonged than many owners expected. Ron Walker, founder of Clarion Wealth, […]
Tags: business, business psychology, change, decision to sell, professional advice
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Business,
Enough Now!,
Thought pieces
First, a confession – I am an eternal optimist; apparently, it is difficult to live with. My wife Anne says that if she came through the door with an arm missing, I would say: “It’s good that you still have one arm and think of all the great things you can still do”. Although that […]
Tags: Coronavirus, family time, long-term, markets, new normal, optimism, recovery
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Lifestyle,
Thought pieces
Markets have seen a significant and rapid sell-off during the past four weeks as Covid-19 has moved from a distant threat to a local concern, causing growing fear and panic. The key points are summarised below and expanded later within this commentary by our chairman Keith Thompson. It is likely that markets have overreacted to […]
Tags: Coronavirus, stock markets
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Business,
Investment management,
Thought pieces
Market and economic commentary: Time to reflect
As always, we sincerely hope that all our clients, their families and friends are managing to stay well in these unprecedented and challenging times. Putting to one side the human tragedy and cost in terms of lives lost and health care, there is no doubt that as investors we are living through challenging and unsettling […]
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Tags: economic commentary, stock markets
Category: Financial Planning, Investment management, Thought pieces