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Estate preservation

Helping you to look after and maintain your wealth in the most efficient way

If you are UK domiciled, Inheritance Tax (IHT) is currently charged at 40 per cent and is payable on your estate once your net assets exceed £325,000. For some married couples and registered civil partners, any unused percentage of the available allowance from the estate of the first to pass away may be claimed when the second spouse dies. Once the domain of the super-rich, wide-scale home ownership and rising property values have meant that more and more people need to implement an estate preservation strategy to protect their wealth.

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What would you do if you lost your job tomorrow?

What would you do
if you lost your job tomorrow?

30 per cent of working adults think they would be able to find another job of a similar level and pay within six months

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Roads to wealth

Financial challenges facing Britain’s young adults

Skandia’s study about the roads to wealth for Britain’s youth highlights the financial challenges many young adults experience as they move away from home to establish themselves as independent individuals.

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Building new Untouched pension savings

An opportunity to potentially improve tax-efficiency

rawdown is the main alternative to a secure annuity income. It is more flexible than an annuity but is also more complex and higher risk. Figures from Skandia (08 July 2013) show only one third (35 per cent) of people in drawdown are actually taking their full income allowance.

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Greater flexibility for pension savers

New individual protection rules introduced

New rules announced by HM Revenue & Customs provide people with large pension savings the flexibility to continue to receive valuable employer contributions to their pension.

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Asset allocation

Risk is an implicit aspect to investing

If you are going to invest you need to be prepared to take some calculated risk in the hope of greater reward. Risk is an implicit aspect to investing: shares can fall, economic conditions can change and companies can experience varying trading fortunes.

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Real help when you need it most

A very difficult time for your health and your wealth

The diagnosis of a serious illness can mean a very difficult time for your health and your wealth. But critical illness cover can provide vital financial security when you need it most. Most homebuyers purchase life assurance when they arrange a mortgage, but overlook critical illness cover, another form of financial protection that we are statistically more likely to need before reaching retirement.

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Band of gold

Are you benefiting financially from your marital status?

Tying the knot does bring financial advantages. Tax and pensions are probably the least romantic reasons for getting married, but there are a number of ways to benefit from your marital status.

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We can’t control fate but we can control our finances

Leaving your property and possessions to your loved ones

There are compelling financial and emotional reasons for making a will. But why do so many of us shy away from it?

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Flexible retirement planning

Isn’t it time to tailor your pension to
suit your own personal requirements?

More investors are now able to take their entire pension as cash. Flexible drawdown allows you to take up to a quarter of your pension tax free as a lump sum, and then unlimited taxable withdrawals if set criteria are met.