Market Update – May 2014

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We highlighted the volatile start to 2014 in our last market update in February and since then the volatility has continued. The growth stocks that did so well over 2013 suffered a very sharp and swift correction during March and April of this…

2014 Budget Summary

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TIME FOR CHANGE You have no doubt seen the headlines about Wednesday’s budget and many of you will have been inundated with budget reports. I have therefore tried to focus on the issues that affect your financial planning. I think that we…

Mike Warren joins Carrington Investments

Carrington Investments are delighted to announce the appointment of Mike Warren as Non-Executive Director, to take effect immediately. Mike will chair the quarterly investment committee meetings at Carrington and be involved in the continual…

End of Tax Year Planning

As you know from our previous mailings at this time of year, we want to make sure that you are aware and are using all of the tax efficient allowances available to you. The end of the tax year is a Saturday (5th April) and so the 4th April is…

Market Update – February 2014

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I am writing this market note following the one which was issued in December 2013 as we have seen some very high volatility in markets generally as we passed through the first few weeks of the New Year. We read every day headlines about how…

Meet the newest member of our team

We mentioned in our end of year investment update that we had a new face in the team, so please join us in welcoming Matthew Naylor to Carrington Investments. Matt joined us straight out of university where he graduated with a BEng…

Investment Update – December 2013

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It has been another interesting year for markets. Again we have seen markets rise for the first 4 months or so of the year, and then increase in volatility over the spring and summer. The period between April and October was flat, and the old…

Christmas Hours

From all of us here at Carrington Investments we would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Prosperous and Happy New Year. I would also like to personally thank you for your continued support of Carrington throughout 2013 and we look…

Industry Update – Neil Woodford leaves Invesco Perpetual

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You may have heard already that Neil Woodford, Invesco Perpetual’s star fund manager is to leave in April 2014. If you have not then there will be quite a lot of press about it over the coming weeks. This is a significant departure for Invesco…

Investment Update – September 2013

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We have had a busy few months at Carrington and made quite significant structural changes to portfolios and feel very happy about how we are positioned. If we compared valuations at April 2013 and end of August it would be tempting to think…

Alistair Candlish joins Carrington Investments

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Carrington Investments are delighted to welcome the arrival of Alistair Candlish to our company. Alistair comes with over 20 years' investment expertise and joins the investment management department headed by Eric Woodward. Carrington have…

Just 6.6% of UK advisers genuinely provide a full wealth management service

Many advisors advertise themselves as wealth managers. But offering real wealth management takes more than changing the title on your business card. Consider that among the 2,094 financial advisors surveyed by CEG Worldwide last year, only 6.6%…