“Deadline for Russia to explain spy poisoning set by PM”

Mar 14, 2018 | In the news

An independent (financial adviser’s) view

‘I will do such things…what they are, yet I know not; but they shall be the terrors of the earth’ (Theresa May/King Lear Act 2 Scene 4)

It’s often said that the only way to deal with bullies is to stand up to them and give them a taste of their own medicine. I tried this just once at school and, guess what, the bully was bigger and stronger than me, I came off worst and was bullied even more. Lesson learned; discretion etc.

Another thought. WW1 started when someone nobody had ever heard of was assassinated by someone no-one remembers who was supported by Russia. We were on Russia’s side then; it still didn’t end well for anyone.

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“Record year for annuity sales driven by advisers”

“Record year for annuity sales driven by advisers”

I was asked this week whether annuities are now ‘a good investment’. They’ve been recommended very rarely in recent years, since ‘pension freedoms’ allowed pretty much unlimited drawdown on pension funds and anything left to be passed on to beneficiaries free of Inheritance Tax.