Posts Tagged Intelligent Partnership

  • QE3 – Luke Jackson from Intelligent Partnership investigates what this means for gold

    Posted By : Daniel Kiernan on September 21st, 2012

    Location : gold

    QE3 – Luke Jackson from Intelligent Partnership investigates what this means for gold

    US Federal Reserve:

    £25bn ($40bn) per month stimulus to US Economy
    Interest rates stay below 0.25%
    Previous QE totalling £1.4tn ($2.3tn)

    Bank of Japan:

    £78bn (10 trillion Yen) bond buying to devalue Yen to increase exports
    Interest rates stay between 0% & 0.1%
    Previous QE totalling £546bn (70tn Yen)

    Bank of England:

    Further QE could be on the horizon for late 2012 predicted at £50bn
    Interest rates stay at 0.5%
    Previous QE totalling £375bn

    The US Federal Reserve (FED) announced last week that they w…

  • Out on a limb? A guide to when you should recommend esoteric investments

    Posted By : Daniel Kiernan on August 24th, 2012

    Location : Alternative Investments

    Out on a limb? A guide to when you should recommend esoteric investments

    Demand for esoteric investments is rising, but which type of client are they suitable for? Daniel Kiernan, director of Intelligent Partnership, explains.

    The case for including some esoteric alternative investments in client portfolios is compelling: they can provide above-market returns that are not correlated to conventional investments and they allow a portion of wealth to be held in tangible assets that help mitigate the impact of inflation. However, as with all investments, there are some issues around recommending esoteric inves…

  • Earth Will Eat Itself – Infographic

    Posted By : Daniel Kiernan on July 25th, 2012

    Location : Alternative Investments

    Earth Will Eat Itself – Infographic

    If the earth could speak to us what would it say?

    “Help me to help you?” “Enough is enough!” There are just too many people on planet earth now – with not enough food, not enough fuel and not enough shelter to go round. Our resource constrained world needs our support on every level, and what we put in right now, we might just reap the rewards from, in more ways than one. But how can the individual investor play a part? Intelligent Partnership have produced an infographic (below) to help explain just how much help the earth need…

  • The good, the bad and the ugly of esoteric investments

    Posted By : Daniel Kiernan on March 2nd, 2012

    Location : Uncategorized

    The good, the bad and the ugly of esoteric investments

    Daniel Kiernan, director of Intelligent Partnership, explains the case for including some directly held tangible assets in your clients’ portfolios.

    Many IFAs are concerned about using directly held esoteric or alternative investments in their clients’ portfolios. They are regarded as unconventional and the investment structures are often not regulated and their promotion may be outside the scope of the FSA.

    However, a case can be made for recommending esoteric investments if we look closer at two of the key assumptions con…

  • SIPPs and Alternatives

    Posted By : Daniel Kiernan on December 8th, 2011

    Location : Alternative Investments

    SIPPs and Alternatives

    There has been a marked increase in consumers choosing to purchase alternative investments with their SIPPs over the last three years. With an average SIPP size of £70 – £80,000 and over 800,000 SIPPs out there (and the number is growing at 20 – 30 percent per annum) this represents a significant new and enticing market for advisers.

    The flow of dreadful macro-economic news since the crash of 2008 has shaken consumers’ faith in traditional stock market based investments and investors are now increasingly considering putting their weal…

  • SIPPs and Alternatives

    Posted By : Daniel Kiernan on November 8th, 2011

    Location : Alternative Investments

    SIPPs and Alternatives

    There has been a marked increase in consumers choosing to purchase alternative investments with their SIPPs over the last three years. With an average SIPP size of £70 – £80,000 and over 800,000 SIPPs out there (and the number is growing at 20 – 30 percent per annum) this represents a significant new and enticing market for advisers.  Dan Kiernan of Intelligent Partnership examines the phenomenon and takes a look at some of the reasons behind the growth of alternatives within SIPPs.

    The flow of dreadful macro-economic news since the crash…


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