“Donald Trump strikes deal with EU to prevent trade war”

Jul 27, 2018 | World

An independent (financial adviser’s) view

Have you ever introduced your supposed best friend to another best friend, then found that they’ve had a dinner party to which you weren’t invited? No? Maybe it’s just me then, but it’s very hurtful. What should you do? Try to stay friends with both, though you know you can never trust either again? Go off in a huff and try to make some new friends? Get some counselling? Think we all might need the latter.

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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.