20 Nov How can working with a financial planner add value? Getting Things Done
Our value is not so much in what we tell our clients but in what we can motivate them to do. Having a strategy is not the end goal, it’s only the start. ...
25 Sep Wealth & Financial Planning for women - collaboration not condescension
Désolé monsieur, but women tend to live longer than men...
25 Aug Can’t buy me love (but happiness? Yes!)
“The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions.” – Robert Louis Stevenson An interesting study was published recently, which found that spending money to buy time makes us happier. The study was carried out amongst adults in the...
21 Jul The weekend starts here…21/07/2017
My new blog post is up, discussing divorce and how working with a financial planner can help you to avoid any unwanted surprises. As it was Bastille Day last Friday, I have to start with this one. It’s official – now that Obama is no longer in office, France has...
26 May No hidden surprises
If you have ever ordered a new car you will know how difficult it can be to reach the point where you find out how much you actually need to pay. An endless list of choices: upholstery, in-car entertainment, sat nav, not to mention paint…....
21 Apr What clients value – the results are in
“Anything that just costs money is cheap.” ― John Steinbeck A few weeks ago, Dimensional Fund Advisors carried out a global survey of the clients of the financial planning firms with which it works. We asked our clients to take part in the (anonymous) survey and we are very grateful...
10 Feb The Office is Closed – 10/02/17
Snippets that have caught my eye this week from around the web…. The internet has been crammed with articles in the last couple of weeks about Trump’s ‘travel ban’, and as an immigrant myself – and one who could not have been made more welcome in...