Category: News
Window of Opportunity to Review Your Protection Needs
From 21st December 2012 changes to the EU Gender Directive means that men and women must pay the same basic premiums. Although life and critical illness cover has traditionally been less expensive for women, these prices are likely to increase. Respectively this means the same for Income Protection policies where men have traditionally paid less [...]
Read moreIFP supports Ireland Rugby League
Informed Financial Planning is delighted to support Ireland Rugby League in some upcoming matches and tournaments. We are committed as a firm and individuals to supporting events and charities close to our hearts – the charity Saggy’s Trust – set up to support rugby league players and their families in distress or hardship – is [...]
Read moreExam Success at IFP!
As a Chartered firm of financial planners, we pride ourselves on our professional qualifications which ensure we are able to provide the highest quality financial advice to our clients. It is not only important that our client facing advisers are well qualified but also our support team who assist in formulating the reports and recommendations [...]
Read moreMay Market Commentary
Wednesday April 25th must have been the morning David Cameron felt like phoning in sick. The Office of National Statistics officially confirmed that a shock 0.2% contraction in growth had pushed the UK into its first double dip recession since the 1970s. Meanwhile the Levenson Inquiry rumbled on with Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt facing calls to [...]
Read moreThe IFP Team
If you are an existing client of ifp you will no doubt be familiar with the Senior Financial Planner who manages your relationship with us in terms of the initial advice provided and regular review meetings but perhaps not so familiar with the rest of our team who are essential to the way we deliver [...]
Read moreFinancial Planning and Divorce
No-one who is going through a divorce finds the process easy: it’s long, messy and almost always painful. Even if there are no children involved, divorce is a procedure that takes its toll on both sides: the acrimony, the paperwork – and the inevitable meetings with your solicitor. It’s understandable that many people involved in [...]
Read moreWhat are your financial goals?
Working in financial planning we come across a varied range of individuals who often arrive with generic financial objectives with regards to investing money such as to outperform the FTSE 100 Index or a range of other sectors or benchmarks. If an investment achieves this it is perceived to have done well, if not then [...]
Read moreDifficult Choices – ISA or Pension Savings?
In the UK, we may be putting more savings into stocks and shares ISAs than into personal pensions. Reporting on savings trends in the 2010/2011 tax year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said savers put £14.3bn into personal pensions in that tax year, compared with £15.8bn into stocks and shares ISAs. This compares with [...]
Read more5 Qualities an IFA brings to your investment portfolio
Let’s assume for a moment that you’re in the happy position of having £100,000 to invest. What would you do? Play absolutely safe and put the money on deposit? Or go all out for capital growth and put your windfall into a fund that could give you a sky-high return – but that carries an [...]
Read moreKevin turns 50!
Our Managing Director – Kevin Ferriby – turns age 50 next week – I know – hard to believe ! In celebration of Kevin’s birthday here are some of his earlier memories. Apologies for the black and white photos – apparently they didn’t used to make colour! From early school days to some more [...]
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