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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
We can’t pretend to have anything new to say about the coronavirus except that we hope our clients and their families are keeping safe and well and free from the disease. Also, like everyone else we hope the pain and suffering of those people affected by the virus will soon dissipate. In these difficult days […]
Tags: Coronavirus, investments, stock markets
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Investment management,
Thought pieces
The Enough Now study helps successful business owners understand and prepare for the impact of selling a business and allow professional advisors to better support them through the challenging process. Having assisted hundreds of clients through the process, Clarion Wealth Planning identified that the decision to sell a business – and the emotional toll it takes on […]
Tags: business, business psychology, executive summary, selling business
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Business,
Enough Now!,
Financial Planning,
Lifestyle,
Thought pieces
Almost four years after the European Referendum and nearly 50 years after first joining, the UK has now left the European Union. Brexit is finally done although we are still in a period of transition until the end of 2020 and for now at least most of us will hardly notice any difference. While not […]
Tags: Coronavirus, stock markets
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Business,
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