This week’s ‘When Andrew Met’ is an update on Japanese equities from Baillie Gifford’s Andy Brown. 

This week’s “When Andrew Met…” features Adam Skerry, manager of the Aberdeen Standard Investments Global Inflation Linked Bond Fund.

What a difference 7 days makes.  Last week we were basking in glorious, ground-cracking sunshine; today, drizzle and murk.  But let’s not let that put the dampeners on our weekend, welcome to this week’s News, Views and Truths.

For business owners, years of time, energy and hard work go into getting their business off the ground, and growing from strength to strength. But what about when you get to the stage where you want to think about retiring, or winding down?

This week’s ‘When Andrew Met…’ is an update with Margaret Lawson, manager of the SVM UK Growth fund.

Why, hello there!  I am back from a week’s hiatus, recharged and ready to go.  I hope you have all had a wonderful week and are looking forward to the weekend and so let’s not waste any time and get straight into this week’s News, Views and Truths.

So you’ve retired.  You’ve decided how you’re going to spend your pension: you’re going into Drawdown.  This makes sense to you; you want the flexibility to vary your income, make ad hoc withdrawals, and most importantly you want your money to continue to grow over the next 20 to 30 years, too.

This week’s video is an update from Julian Cook, product specialist for the T Rowe Price US Large Cap growth fund.

‘Insanity is hereditary, you catch it from your kids’! 

Pension contributions are a part of our lives these days.  With the introduction of auto enrolment in recent years and the inevitable continuation of good old taxes, pensions are both a day-to-day must-have for many of us, as well as a tax-efficient haven for some of our hard-earned cash.