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Reasons to consider using Santorini Financial Planning when choosing a financial adviser in Leicester

As one of the leading Financial Advisers and wealth management firms in Leicester, we were looking at what criteria a potential new client would choose to use us over any other firm of financial advisers in Leicester. Here’s…

Ethical Investments – an Overview

With the recent emphasis on sustainability and climate change, it would be easy to think that ethical investment is a relatively modern phenomenon. In fact, its roots can be traced back to 1758, when the Society of Friends…

Financial Planning Week – Coming soon…….

October market commentary

Overview September – a month when it was difficult to find any good news, with the headlines seemingly screaming “Crisis” and “Rescue package” on alternate days. In the UK, unemployment reached 2.5m and inflation rose: the…

Taxation in retirement – what you need to know

On reaching State Pension age you no longer pay National Insurance contributions, but you don’t automatically stop paying Income Tax. Taxable income includes that from a State Pension and if this is more than the tax-free allowance, you…

The Fluctuations of Pension Pots

Darren Philp, Director of Policy of the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF), recently said: “Everybody deserves a good workplace pension. While it is logical that higher earners will accrue larger retirement benefits, more transparency is needed around…

New pension rules – a chance to benefit?

The Government has devoted a lot of its recent energies to pensions reform. First we had the changes affecting contributions and membership of company schemes and now we have changes to the rules for annuities and pensions drawdown.