by Gretchen Betts | Nov 11, 2019 | Awards, Financial Planning
“Not only is the firm’s branding brightly coloured, but advisers Julie Lord and Gretchen Betts have bags of personality!” We are delighted to announce for the third year in a row that we have been named a ‘Top 100’ Financial Planning Firm by New Model Adviser. NMA...
by Gretchen Betts | Nov 4, 2019 | Financial Planning, Lifestyle
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the primary measure of success in the world was based on how happy we all are. Instead success is measured by quantifiable elements such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ie stuff we produce and by the amount of stuff we consume. Happiness is...
by Gretchen Betts | Oct 27, 2019 | Financial Planning, Money
At Magenta, our clients know that we follow an evidence-based approach to investing our clients’ portfolios. This means we don’t try to time the markets, we don’t try to stock pick and we don’t try to beat the market. All we aim to do is to obtain for our...
by Gretchen Betts | Oct 21, 2019 | Advice, Financial Planning
At Magenta we don’t deal with actual business finances but with the financial affairs of those individuals who own or direct businesses. This week, we thought we would focus on examples of common mistakes and omissions we see made by business owners and the...
by Gretchen Betts | Oct 14, 2019 | Dementia
When a loved one becomes incapable of making decisions for themselves, without a power of attorney it becomes necessary to apply for a court of protection order. This can be costly, time consuming and very stressful. Recently the Daily Mail ran an article about...