Practical guides and articles to help with your wealth planning by life stage or current situation
There are shocking levels of bankruptcy among ex-professional footballers. Here, senior executives at Smith & Williamson, the accountancy and investment management group, explain why they have been working to tackle the issue at grass-roots level. With the media hype over their stellar salaries, not to mention lucrative sponsorship deals, it would be easy to place […]
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Giving children a helping hand financially is laudable, but needs to be approached sensibly, explains Alastair Barbour, partner in investment management at Smith & Williamson. Rising house prices have exacerbated two problems for many British families: the possibility that the older generation’s assets will exceed the inheritance tax allowance, as well as real difficulties facing […]
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It is notoriously hard for the younger generations to get onto the property ladder today, but there are a number of ways parents can lend a helping hand – and possibly achieve significant tax-efficiencies too.
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There are a number of ways parents can help children onto the property ladder and it is vital that they they take the right route to maintain their own financial wellbeing while offering a helping hand.
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