Richard, the latest member of the Bluecoat team, has been working with us for four months now bringing his enthusiasm for learning into the firm. He is currently studying towards his exams whilst supporting the advisors and has already met some of the clients too. Richard spent over a decade teaching at an independent schools in East Sussex before deciding to bring his highly transferable skills into the world of finance and paraplanning. He has a wealth of experience in ma

As 2021 drew to a close, inflation finally forced the Bank of England’s hand. What will higher rates mean for you? The November inflation figures, released in mid-December, once again exceeded the Bank of England’s (BoE) expectations. At the start of November, the BoE had said that CPI inflation was “expected to peak at around 5% in April 2022”. Six weeks later it changed its tune: “Bank staff expect inflation to remain around 5% through the majority of the winter period, and

Some investment professionals are calling for China to be removed from the main emerging markets indices. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is the leading emerging markets (EM) index, with over 1,400 constituents covering 26 countries. The value of investment capital either tracking or benchmarked against it measures in the trillions of dollars, a following that means any changes to the index have potentially wide implications. Likewise, large adjustments could be particularly