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4 Nov 2022
Looking ahead to COP 27

Looking ahead to COP 27

Our Investment Manager Ciaran Garvey contributed a short gallery feature for Citywire Wealth Manager ahead of COP 27. “COP27 will take place against a backdrop of high food and energy prices and slowing growth. The invasion of Ukraine has created a difficult balancing act for governments between energy security and achieving net zero goals, but…

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2 Sep 2022
Thorntons Investments shortlisted for Best AIM Portfolio Service

Thorntons Investments shortlisted for Best AIM Portfolio Service

We are delighted to again be shortlisted for Best AIM Portfolio Service at the Growth Investor Awards 2022. For comment from the Growth Investor Awards please see below: It’s been another hugely competitive field of entries for this year’s Growth Investor Awards, hosted by Intelligent Partnership. With the standard so high, it’s impressive to see…

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31 Aug 2022
Charity Quiz

Charity Quiz

Each year our staff choose a charity to support – it’s normally something that has affected a member of the team personally, and this year is no different. In recent years, we’ve supported charities including Scottish Cot Death Trust, Beat Eating Disorders, CICRA (Crohn’s disease) and Maggies Centres. To raise money, we have a regular…

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15 Aug 2022
Consumer Duty

Consumer Duty

The FCA desires all firms to put their clients at the heart of their business by offering products and services that are fit for purpose and represent fair value. The FCA intends to do this by introducing the Consumer Duty, their new principle to ensure that “good outcomes” are the industry standard.  The Consumer Duty…

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11 Jul 2022
Infrastructure

Infrastructure

This article was first published by Citywire today (11th July) and can be found here.   We have long been concerned about inflation but the events in Ukraine have resulted in levels higher than we had expected. As a result, at the start of the year, we significantly reduced the exposure to Fixed Interest within…

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6 Jun 2022
Leaving a genuine lasting legacy

Leaving a genuine lasting legacy

This article was first published by Nucleus Illuminate on 6th June 2022 and can be found here. Baby boomers, the scourge of millennials, are nearing the end of their working lives With this evolution will come what is being referred to as the great wealth transfer. There are plenty of numbers being published (most are…

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14 Mar 2022
Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs)

Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs)

Savers and investors have just under a month to use the £20,000 they can put into their tax-efficient Individual Savings Account (ISA) before the end of the financial year on 5 April. The current tax year started on 6 April 2021 and ends on 5 April 2022. ISAs enable you to minimise the amount of…

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