The 8th March was International Womens Day and a day or two later I found myself reading a report from Hargreaves Landsdown suggesting only 29% of women have a clear idea of what their pensions are worth, compared to 44% of men and perhaps more worrying about 72% did not have an idea as to how their pension(s) were performing.
As a financial planner, I help clients in many ways, often using cashflow modelling to provide bespoke pictorial predictions of someone’s financial future to help them work towards their objectives. One metric that I build into the system is Inflation. For years it is has tended to go quite unnoticed with an equivalent annual rate for Consumer Prices Index (CPI),
Although we are currently sat in a national lockdown, there is optimism and the hope of a light at the end of the tunnel. Saying goodbye to 2020 has been welcomed by all and the thoughts of a prosperous new year is on everybody’s mind. Here at Grosvenor our employees have always been committed to giving a little back and
As questions go, it’s a short one – just 6 words. However, anyone trying to answer it at the moment, will take a great deal longer, with liberal use of that word, ‘However’ being required! In recent weeks I have thought of COVID 19 and all its implications (not just financial), as being like going into a dark tunnel. For
During these challenging times the Grosvenor team have continued to keep up with their commitment of raising money for Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW). There has been a great response from the advisers and admin team in completing various endeavours for the 2.6 challenge from a sit up challenge to cycling, walking & yielding a wheelbarrow. In addition the team
In these unprecedented times, when the majority of the country is in lockdown and people are home staying safe with their families, the Grosvenor team wanted to keep up their commitments to their chosen Charity, Children Hospice South West (CHSW). They are supporting CHSW for the second year running and wanted to make sure that they remain focussed on raising
Dear All I am writing to update you on our current working practices and how we can ensure that we continue to provide support in these difficult times. Our phones in head office will be monitored but we would ask you to email any queries in the first place. Please only use the office phone number if it is very
Dear All I am writing to reassure you that we are fully operational during this business-critical and uncertain period. Following new guidance from the UK Government on 16 March, we’ve prioritised staff wellbeing and asked our colleagues who are at higher risk to return to home as well as asking our staff to follow Government guidance on self-isolation, where relevant.
As a financial adviser my clients expect me to keep abreast of what is happening in the world of investments. I think I have heard the views of about a dozen investment companies so far in 2020 and what has struck me is how many are talking about Environmental, Social and (corporate) Governance (ESG). A few weeks ago, I attended
Ben Olson and Tom Burley were delighted to present Children’s Hospice South West with a cheque for £8,346.37. The total was as a result of all of Grosvenor’s fundraising efforts for 2019 which included a 5k run, a 205 mile cycle ride, a marathon, a skydive and a Jail & Bail. Ben comments “we would like to thank all of