
Guides
Whether you're a first-time buyer or looking to remortgage, our guides provide valuable insights and practical tips to help you make informed decisions.

Guide: The surprising benefits of choosing a “living legacy” for your loved ones
Leaving wealth behind for your loved ones may be a priority when developing your financial plan. After all, you’ll likely want to see your family thrive and an inheritance could help them achieve important goals in life…

Guide: Your retirement choices: How to generate an income in later life
Retirement on your terms is likely to be one of the key elements of your financial plan. So, as you approach or reach retirement, now is the time for you to start thinking about enjoying a comfortable life...

Guide: Everything you need to know about annuities when creating a retirement incom
When you retire, you will often have a range of choices available to you about how you access your pension. One such method is an annuity, which could provide you with a reliable income...

Guide: Using equity release to unlock property wealth later in life
Your home may be one of the largest assets you have. With property wealth often inaccessible, you may be considering using equity release to unlock some of the money tied up in your home...

Guide: How to manage the harmful effects of inflation on your wealth
The guide explains why needing to spend more to maintain your lifestyle could affect your long-term plans and how inflation could reduce the value of your assets in real terms.

Guide: Financial wellbeing: 4 steps to creating a financial wellbeing plan
This guide offers practical steps that could help you improve your relationship with money by understanding how it’s related to happiness. It covers four essential steps to creating a financial wellbeing plan that’s tailored to you...

Guide: Pension consolidation: The pros and cons you need to know
Do you have multiple pensions? It could make it difficult to manage your pension savings during your working life and when you retire. In some cases, consolidating them could be beneficial...

Guide: The essential guide to ISAs
ISAs have been around for more than two decades, but they’ve changed significantly since they were first introduced. This guide can help you understand why using an ISA to save or invest could be a valuable part of your financial plan.

Guide: The parents’ guide to paying for university and student loans
If your child will be going to university this year or is planning to further their education in the future, you undoubtedly feel proud. However, you may also worry about what it means...

Guide: Your complete guide to *buy-to-let
You may worry about understanding the regulations and tax requirements if you become a landlord. This guide explains some of the essential things you need to know...

Guide: Your complete guide to financial protection
Appropriate financial protection can provide you or your family with an income or lump sum when you need it most. It can create a valuable safety net and help ensure you’re still able to...

Guide: The useful guide to reaching your retirement goals
Getting the most out of retirement and reaching your goals requires planning. This guide can help you start to think about the retirement you want and the steps you need to take to secure it...

Guide: The complete guide for first-time buyers
If you’re perplexed by the jargon or aren’t sure where to start, this guide will take you through the process and offer tips to help you become a homeowner...

Guide: Leaving an inheritance vs gifting during your lifetime
Have you thought about how you’ll pass wealth on to those who are important to you? Traditionally, this has been done through inheritance, but it’s becoming more common to gift during your lifetime...

Guide: The guide to later-life planning and care
When you think about your future, how far ahead do you plan? Perhaps you’ve thought about what your life will look like in 10 years, but have you considered your later years?

Guide: Foreign national in the UK? Everything you need to know about getting a mortgage
Whatever the reason for arriving in the UK, there’s a strong chance you might want to buy a property here. However, one of the challenges you may face is getting a mortgage...

Guide: The history of investing and what you can learn from the past
Investing has been around for centuries and the basics haven’t changed as much as you might think. Technology has changed how we invest, but some of the investment lessons from the past...

Guide: 10 things that could increase the value of your property
Talking about homes and property values is something of a pastime in the UK. Property is probably among one of the largest assets we own, so it’s not surprising that we want the value to go up...