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Pension freedoms were announced in 2014 and came into law on 5 April 2015. In the words of Chancellor George...

Introduction Estate planning is vital for preserving your wealth and legacy across generations. By proactively structuring assets and using legitimate...


Recent market volatility has exposed how overweight in equities (and US equities in particular) many UK retail pension investors have...


Working with a wealth manager is an excellent way to avoid the complexities of managing your pension portfolio or other...

The big geopolitical news in the second half of March has, once again, been driven by Donald Trump. With a...

How Pension Investing Has Changed In 40 years A typical 1980s pension scheme would have held 40-60% in equities (mainly...

Offshore bonds are a popular investment wrapper that offers a range of advantages, particularly for people who are seeking to:...

What is a pension? A pension is an investment vehicle designed for an individual’s retirement. The current UK legislation and...

On Manoeuvres Some thoughts this week around Russia and energy as well as, for a change, financial matters, plus the...

One of the most common questions we hear when people embark on their retirement planning is “how much money will...

There is no explanation needed for the geopolitical focus being on Russia, Ukraine and the United States this week. Without...

I had planned this week to discuss the major wars and conflicts underway around the world and how they have...

Recent Changes Impacting Pension Drawdown In the last two years there have been two developments likely to have a big...
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Market Updates

With global equity markets remaining volatile in 2025 – and the wider implications of the US ‘Liberation Day’ still highly...

If you had chosen to spend April detoxing without screens or the internet, you might return this weekend and wonder...

Although markets have shown a modest recovery since our recent webinar, the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Trump’s tariffs and their impact...

Yet again, Trump has managed to surprise investment markets and create chaos. Plus, for the first time ever I have...

I am reminded this morning of an email exchange with one of our clients on 14th January this year. We...

Two weeks is a long time in politics and a long time when it comes to investment markets. The last...

Looking at investment markets over the last two weeks, it all looks pretty calm out there. Equities are down a...

We held our first webinar of the year on Monday this week with around 60 of our clients watching and...

A softer set of inflation figures this month stood down the bond vigilantes, for now at least. Government Bond yields...

As temperatures drop below freezing, we do indeed appear to have been given a bit of a cold shower in...

The Budget is done, now we wait for the US election. I’m afraid the seat belt signs are on for...
As always there is a lot going on. We will have the budget answers by the next update, and by...



Table of Contents James Baxter, Tideway Founder It is worth just taking a moment to remember how we got here....
Nick Gait, Tideway Investment Director Introduction Markets have calmed significantly since our last market update with major global indices recovering...
People were asking us on our webinar in July how the newly elected Labour Government would impact our investments and...
A Labour Goverment So, there was no last-minute rescue for the Conservative Party who magnificently failed to distance themselves from...

James Baxter, Tideway Founder Sadly, not when it comes to politicians. It now looks pretty certain we will have a...
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