Decumulation Portfolios: Why an Accumulation MPS Is Not Automatically Suitable
The FCA found 11% of retirement income advice files raised suitability concerns. The portfolio is often the part nobody reassessed when the client stopped contributing.
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What Is an Advisory Mandate? A UK Adviser's Guide
What an advisory mandate is, what the document must contain, how consent is evidenced under Consumer Duty, and where advisory still earns its place.
How to Compare DFM Performance: A Framework for UK Advisers
DFM performance comparison for UK advisers: why headline returns mislead, how to test composites and dispersion, and what to record on file.
DFM for High-Net-Worth Clients: What Changes Above GBP 1m
DFM for high-net-worth clients: how UK advisers should set the mandate, control fees and CGT, and test custody and reporting above GBP 1m.
Centralised Investment Management for Advice Firms: In-House or Outsourced?
Centralised investment management for advisers: run portfolios in-house or outsource to a DFM or MPS? Costs, permissions, Consumer Duty and how to decide.
How to Run an Investment Committee in a UK Advice Firm: Charter, Cadence and MI
How UK advice firms should run an investment committee under Consumer Duty: charter, cadence, MI pack, decision rights, and what minutes must record.
DFM Minimum Investment Levels: A UK Adviser's Guide for 2026
DFM minimum investment levels for UK advisers in 2026: MPS, bespoke, and segregated mandate thresholds, why they exist, and how to use them in segmentation.
Tapered Annual Allowance: Pension Planning for HNW Clients in 2026/27
The tapered annual allowance can cut HNW pension funding to GBP 10,000. Here is how UK wealth advisers should plan in 2026/27 to avoid surprise tax charges.
Bespoke Portfolio Management for HNW Clients: When It Earns Its Fee
When bespoke portfolio management beats MPS for UK HNW clients. Suitability triggers, real fee maths, due diligence questions and Consumer Duty notes.