What makes us all invest stupidly? Behavioural psychology! ……..Now what about Cyptocurrency? I accept the headline is a bit strong but how is it that so many people allow themselves …
British Expat Moving Abroad- Pension Contributions
A British expat query, from those that have contributed to pension schemes in the UK, is often about the possibility of continuing to contribute to UK pensions while outside the …
Financial Advice or Financial Products?
Last week our company met with an EU regulator as part of a set-up process, where they raised the question of how Financial Advice could be delivered and what type …
Final Salary Pension Transfer Advice
Final salary pension transfer advice has come under the spotlight more and more over the years. In the mid to late 90s, specialist pension exams were introduced and it became …
QROPS and the Markets
QROPS were introduced as a result of A Day and Pension Simplification in 2006. I first became aware of an increase in the number of adviser adverts in about 2008/9. …
Case Study of a Lump Sum High Return Investment
Case Study of a Lump Sum High Return Investment
Pension Protection Fund- Carillion
The Pension Protection Fund will step in to protect those 28,000 members of the Carillion DB schemes as part of the assessment process once the liquidator is appointed to the …
Independent Financial Advice- Expats
Search the internet and you will find numerous websites that offer independent financial advice to expats. But are they offering independent financial advice?We find that many expats did not get …
Final Salary Pension Sign Offs
Are final salary pension sign offs actually advice about pensions or just sign offs? There is a difference. The Chartered Insurance Institute ( CII ) has recently issued all its members …
Tailormade’s Yearly Review | 2017
Happy New Year and all the best for 2018 from everyone at TailorMade Pensions. What a year 2017 was for us, and we hope it was good for you as …