The Consumer Duty

In the world of investment, an MPS is a managed portfolio service – sometimes known as a model portfolio service. Many financial advisers recommend managed portfolio services to their clients because of the value and quality of service they provide for investors.

Let’s Talk About Risk

In the world of investment, an MPS is a managed portfolio service – sometimes known as a model portfolio service. Many financial advisers recommend managed portfolio services to their clients because of the value and quality of service they provide for investors.

Jargon Busters: What is ESG Investing?

“What is the purpose of investing?” On the face of it, this might seem a simple question to answer. Afterall, investing is all about making money… right? Perhaps not entirely. While wealth planners and other financial professionals certainly do aim to help their clients achieve financial goals, money-making is no longer the sole motivation for…

Blogging Basics for Financial Advice Firms

When it comes to marketing your financial advice firm, writing your own blog can be a great place to start. Not only is it an opportunity to share news and demonstrate your knowledge to prospective clients, but a blog also provides relevant content to share on your social media pages while improving the chances of your website ranking organically (for free) on search engines.  Anyone who has…

4 Ways to Improve Mental Health Support at Work

Practical Advice for Your WorkplaceIf you think mental health and wellbeing aren’t important topics for businesses to consider, think again. An extensive study from the World Health Organisation (WHO) discovered that depression and anxiety costs the global economy an estimated US $1trillion in lost productivity every year.   Workplaces that promote mental health awareness, provide…

The Adviser’s Guide to PROD

How (to) PROD PROD has been met with much resentment from financial planners who believe they are already doing it. However, as is so often with financial regulation, it is not the doing that matters, it is the documenting of the doing. Remember to write everything down at every stage; your client fact-find and decision-making…

Clever MPS turns three!

Tops performance v cost comparisons as FUM doubles in last six months  105 IFA firms using Clever solutions​, 48 using CleverMPS CleverMPS assets have doubled over last six months 1,800 investor accounts using CleverMPS (including joint accounts) £1.7 billion FUM across all Clever solutions, £406.7 million in CleverMPS We recently released peer group analysis of…

Spotlight on… Nicola Cornish

Describe a typical day for you and your role? My main role is the running of the business on a day to day basis and ensuring that we are all following the vision, objectives and strategy set by the board. My days are very different, as it is for a lot of my colleagues, because…