“Gatwick drones: Two arrested over flight disruption”

Dec 27, 2018 | In the news

An independent (financial adviser’s) view

The ‘Man in the Street’s (or actually at the Gym’s) overheard answer to the Drone Crisis is similar to that often spouted on Brexit: ‘Get on with it, shoot them down, send in the army, probably all done by immigrants. Or words to that effect.

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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.