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Recent freedom of information (FOI) requests conducted by FTAdviser have raised concerns over the state of the UK financial advice industry, showing that the number of IFAs has fallen for the first time since the Retail Distribution Review and a total of 1,681 firms have cancelled their authorisations with the regulator since January 2015. Restricted […]
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In this ‘Tales From The Frontline’ Sutton-based Nick Wells tells us how he and his wife Tracey are using lockdown to focus on Wealth Platform and annual reviews. We are in the ‘lucky’ position (although Tracey may not agree!) that we work together in a self-contained office 10 minutes-walk from home, so self-isolation has not been […]
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In this ‘Tales From The Frontline’ Sandringham’s Chief Operating Officer Tim Grey reflects on lockdown resiliency, business meetings and Jay Leno! I’ve been no stranger to working remotely and in recent years found that I’m most productive in sporadic bursts, and unsuited to sitting in the same place for more than a few hours, unless […]
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It is widely accepted that firms in the strongest place before this crisis that continue to support their clients during this time will be best placed to get through this, writes Tim Sargisson, who says the important message to keep in touch with clients has been a constant theme during the Covid-19 crisis… Clearly the […]
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In this week’s Tales From The Frontline, Advising Partner Jan Axten-Rice tells us about her positives and negatives of lockdown and hails the return of golf! Yet another sunny day in North Gloucestershire!!! We’ve been so lucky with the weather and I feel blessed that I live in the country with great dog walks and […]
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In this special edition of Tales From The Frontline, Sandringham Paraplanner Jessica Brundle gives us a staff eye view of the lockdown and comes to a realisation about her kids. Exactly two months ago, as lockdown loomed I gathered the Paraplanners and crammed in 1:1s before it would be too late, using the time to […]
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It was back in February 2019 that we wrote a blog about the unforeseen consequences of giving good advice in high risk areas. In particular, the difficulty and costs in obtaining PI cover for those advising on pension transfers. You can read the original blog here At this time, we were seeing many advisory firms […]
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a much shorter version of its 2020-21 business plan and changed its immediate priorities and plans for the year ahead, to rise to the new challenges posed by the coronavirus crisis. Immediate focus The regulator said it would immediately focus on ensuring that financial services businesses know what […]
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In 2017, Sandringham transitioned from a restricted advice model to offering independent advice, a process that was relatively smooth as we had never subscribed to vertical integration. We are now one of the UK’s fastest-growing IFA firms, with 179 advisers, managing around £1.69bn for over 9,000 clients and we were thrilled that 80 of our […]
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In this week’s Tales From The Frontline, our Dundee based Partner Chris Robertson talks about the importance of keeping in contact with clients during these extraordinary times. If someone had said to me 40 years ago (1st April 1980 to be precise) that I would be writing this at 3.00am on a laptop in 2020, […]
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As stated by Tim Sargisson in a recent blog: “firms in the strongest place before this crisis and who continue to support their clients over the next few weeks will be best placed to get through this.” We believe that Sandringham is one of these firms: Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Our preparation and planning for […]
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Last week, we shared the experiences of our most northerly Advising Partner in Inverness. This week we travel the length of the UK to Dorset, where Founding Partner Eric Stevens shares his holiday plans… I should have been sat on a beach in Mexico overlooking the Pacific but instead I am sat on my patio […]
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