Financial planning

We’ve spent years thinking ahead, to help our clients live the future they want. We’ll use our expertise to help you do the same.

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Thinking ahead. With clear focus.

It’s reassuring to have a clear plan for the future of your finances. Working one-to-one with our financial planners, you’ll have access to their advice, and their ability to plan ahead to help you achieve your goals.

They’ll aim to ensure you’re better placed to manage financial situations you may not have anticipated.

We will start by getting to know you and your current and long-term needs as well as any personal goals. Using this information, we will work with you to create clear and precise financial objectives to work towards, aiming to reduce complexity and help you focus on what matters to you. Because the best financial plans are always built around individual goals.

WEALTH MANAGEMENT FESTIVAL

Helping you protect and maximise your wealth

9 – 13 OCTOBER FROM 12:00 TO 12:30

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HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?

We have three ongoing advisory services and as part of our initial advice and planning we will confirm which, if any, is most suitable for you. Our ongoing advisory services are designed to reflect your individual financial planning needs and the type of advice required:

INITIAL ADVICE AND PLANNING

If you decide to engage us, we will explore the issues in detail. We will begin by asking about your preferences and checking how other parts of your finances might link with the matter in hand.

We will complete an analysis of your financial position and compare this to your expected future outgoings – spending, gifts and taxation. Through this cash flow analysis we can help you prioritise your objectives and understand potential risk factors that could impact your plans.

Upon agreeing your financial plan, we will provide our recommendations to you. We will lay out your options and the factors affecting your decision, our assessment of them and how they could impact your priorities. We will give you a written report setting out our advice and recommendations, including the need for ongoing advisory services in the future.

FOCUSED FINANCIAL PLANNING

An ongoing advisory service focused around an annual meeting (usually conducted remotely) to understand your personal circumstances and objectives, and an annual suitability review (reviewing your investment portfolio, your investment mandate and the use of appropriate associated tax allowances) to assist you in meeting your needs and objectives.

This service can cover you and (if applicable) your spouse or partner and your children under the age of 18 (with you acting on their be-half).

HOLISTIC FINANCIAL PLANNING

An ongoing advisory service that takes into account the whole of your wealth, not just your investment portfolio.

As well as an annual meeting (usually conducted in person) and annual suitability review, the service includes a financial plan, to help chart and guide your progress relative to your personal objectives. This can also include an annual consolidated wealth statement showing your overall net worth.

In addition to you and your spouse or partner benefiting from the service your children under the age of 18, and adult children aged between 18-24 can be included in the service. This will provide them with a solid financial start to life.

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FAMILY FINANCIAL PLANNING

An ongoing advisory service that considers not only the whole of your wealth but also that of your wider family, including adult children of any age and your grandchildren under the age of 18. This service is designed to support you if you are looking to successfully pass wealth on to future generations over your lifetime and upon death, to provide you and your family with continuity of planning and service.

As well as an annual meeting (conducted in person), annual suitability review, an update to the initial financial plan and consolidated wealth statement, an optional additional meeting (perhaps with other third-party professionals, to ensure a joined-up approach to your family’s planning) is available on request.

ONE-OFF FINANCIAL ADVICE

Your Team

You will be looked after by a small team that knows you and your personal situation. Your financial planner will be your key contact. You will be supported by members of the team and they will often attend meetings. The team also has access to a range of in-house experts, researchers and analysts who they can call upon when needed or to at-tend meetings when required.

Laura Dempsey

Financial planner

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Laura Dempsey

Financial planner

London

Laura is a financial planner based in the London office. She joined Rathbones in 2017, with over 10 years’ experience in the industry. She has previously worked for a number of large financial institutions including Canada Life and Succession Group.

Laura holds Chartered Financial Planner status and is an associate member of the Personal Finance Society. She specialises in providing holistic financial planning to a wide range of clients, advising on matters such as income and asset structuring, retirement planning and estate planning. Laura’s aim is to understand what is truly important to her clients, and to help them achieve their goals, ultimately providing them with peace of mind over their finances and future.

Michael McManus

Financial planner

Michael.McManus@rathbones.com

Michael McManus

Financial planner

London

Michael is a Chartered financial planner who joined Rathbones in 2018. He passionately believes in his work and takes huge satisfaction from bringing security and peace of mind to people that want to grow and protect their wealth.

He has almost 10 years’ industry experience, over which time he has helped clients at all stages of life plan positively for the future. This includes (but is not limited to) tax-efficient investing, pension and retirement planning and inheritance tax planning. Michael takes a thoughtful and hard-working approach, bolstered by strong technical knowledge and a desire to deliver the best results for his clients.

Mike Hunter

Senior financial planner

Mike.Hunter@rathbones.com

Mike Hunter

Senior financial planner

Liverpool

Mike is a senior financial planner, joining Rathbones in 2017 from Lloyds Bank Private Clients. Mike has over 30 years’ experience working in the financial services industry. He is a Chartered Financial Planner and a Fellow of the Personal Finance Society who specialises in providing holistic financial planning to high net worth individuals.

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Financial planning

Thinking ahead. With clear focus.

It’s reassuring to have a clear plan for the future of your finances. Working one-to-one with our financial planners, you’ll have access to their advice, and their ability to plan ahead to help you achieve your goals.

They’ll aim to ensure you’re better placed to manage financial situations you may not have anticipated.

WEALTH MANAGEMENT FESTIVAL