The State Pension – The Rules Reshaped
The 6th of April 2016 was a pretty ordinary day for most people, but in the pension world, we saw the biggest transformation of the UK State Pension for nearly forty years. In an attempt to reduce the rising cost of providing it, the Government and Treasury introduced…
Technical Solutions
2nd August, 2019
Brexit Update – New Leader, Same Issues…
It is now more than three years since we first voted to leave the European union, yet frustratingly it feels like we are no closer to knowing the final result. Soon a new Prime Minister will inherit the mammoth task of uniting a divided country, but will it…
Alex Chappell
18th July, 2019
Investment Review Quarter 2 2019
Market Review After a strong rebound in quarter one, investors entered Q2 in a more positive mood. Things hadn’t turned out to be as bad as everyone was expecting late last year, but there were still some risks on the horizon. Most notably, there was still…
DB Wood Team
2nd July, 2019
This year we are delighted to be sponsoring the Business Innovation Award at the Newark Business Awards. Innovation is crucial to the development of society. Moreover, with issues such as climate change, wealth divergence (leading to populism) and general demographic issues (leading to us living longer but not…
DB Wood Team
21st June, 2019
Question the Committee – Edition 5
Chairman’s Note I’d like to start by thanking you all for your questions and engagement. With the last six months encompassing some of the best and worst periods for investment markets in over a decade, this year’s edition comes at an extremely interesting time. As such…
DB Wood Team
7th June, 2019
What goes around comes around…
I want to take the time now to thank Graham Hicks as he approaches 35 years of service at DB Wood, during which we have seen incredible change within both our business and our profession. I have personally worked with Graham for more than 25 years. Over this…
Ashley Brooks
17th May, 2019
Brexit Update – No change doesn’t mean no action…
What do 29th March, 12th April, and 31st October all have in common…? They are all dates where we agreed to leave the European Union. With Parliament still unable to provide a majority behind any one of the proposed exit plans, this time last week the…
Alex Chappell
18th April, 2019
Investment Review Quarter 1 2019
Market Review We came into 2019 on the back of the worst fourth quarter for certain equity markets since 1931 and the Great Depression. However, as we wrote about in January, we categorically disagreed with investors’ fears that we were quickly heading for a global recession…
DB Wood Team
5th April, 2019
Spring Statement: The Takeaways
If the Brexit process was a dart board, the scheduling of this spring statement would have hit the bullseye. With just two weeks to go before the March 29th deadline (although at this stage that looks likely to be extended), this was never going to be transformational. Nonetheless,…
DB Wood Team
15th March, 2019
The world of financial planning is changing rapidly, which will present challenges to the next generation. Topical issues such as paying off student loans, buying your first home and starting a business from scratch are all common queries we receive from the children of our clients. This was…
Oliver Crampton
8th March, 2019
