Monday, December 19, 2011

Your Investment Reviews And Why They Should Be Carried Our_42248

The investment markets have seen unprecedented volatility in the recent 18 months or so, and we have been seeing more and more evidence of poor advice from many of the sources of Financial Advice in the UK market place.

This is something that the Financial Services Authority has also been concerned about and has recently launched a review into certain types of Pension Transfer Business carried out by Financial Advisers. Over here at the Finance Zone (having seen the evidence) we are sure that many institutions and advisers are getting it wrong,Replica Ugg Boots, and we feel it's time individual clients of these institutions and advisers were given the opportunity to learn some of the tricks or scams used by the Personal Finance Industry,fake uggs, along with being given the tools and or advice they need to make the most of their money.

Some example concerns are below:

Charging Structures and Levels of Commission that are just plainly unacceptable. Some providers of Investment Bonds will pay levels of commission that are in excess of 7%, compared with other forms of investment which have level of commission that are half that ( circa 3%) however for many personal investors these charges are not explained fully. Before you invest check the details.

The Taxation issues relating to some investment are not being explained fully. Since New Labour come to power there have been many changes to taxation and in our experience most financial advisers have not taken it into account the effect of these changes leaving many investors with products that are plainly not tax efficient.

The Choice of Investment Funds and the Range of these funds not in line with the Investors expectation of risk. Examples of these are With Profit Funds, Distribution Funds,fake uggs boots, Gilt and Corporate Bond Funds along with Fully Managed Funds and Structured Funds (Products). We have seen all sorts going on, many so called Investment Professionals are just missing the point or failing to understand the issues.

Key Points If in the in the last 5 years you have purchased Pensions in the form of Income Drawdown/Alternatively Secured Pensions you should take action to have these reviewed. These plans can be very high risk and are not understood by many owners. If you have received any form of Investment Planning advice in the past 10 years you should check and review what was done and why. Further as the stock markets start to bounce back to normality changes made now should improve the future performance of your investments overall.

Importantly the same need to review your investment applies not only to Pensions but to all or any investments made in the last 10 years or so but most certainly a review of those made in the last 5 years should be a carried out as matter of priority. You should contact your usual Independent Financial Advisers or ourselves for this review to be carried out.

You cannot afford to just wait and see, the Investment Markets are normalising and have made up much of the losses incurred in recent years. There may not be a better time to act.  

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