Jeff Lewis, director of Edinburgh IFA, RobMac has been expertly summarising the financial news for a number of years. Here’s his first for 2022. The onset of the Omicron variant looked set to mark the biggest challenge of the global pandemic While the Omicron variant appears to be on the decline in the UK, … Continue reading “Jeff’s First Summary of 2022”
With news changing on a daily basis that is having an impact on personal and business lives globally, Jeff felt it was important to have a final final view of 2021. Overall Generally 2021 was a good year for equities with positive returns posted from all major markets. As investors we hope that further … Continue reading “Jeff’s Final Final Message of 2021”
In his regular column, Jeff Lewis director at RobMac gives his excellent summary overview of the US & UK economies and investment markets. The US Economy It is part of Fed history that they caused the inflation of the 1970s by misinterpreting a rise of inflation as temporary. They do not want to repeat … Continue reading “The October Review by Jeff Lewis”
In the last 18 months, more and more of RobMac’s clients have been asking about sustainable and responsible investing and in particular Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) which is getting a lot of publicity. So, we’d thought we’d ask a former RobMac intern for his views on this trend. RobMac asked Finlay Taylor about … Continue reading “More and more clients are asking about ESG – so what is it?”
RobMac sponsored James Armour in his bid to to run, cycle and swim non-stop the length of the Outer Hebrides to raise funds for the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust. He successfully completed his Herculean task in an amazing 52 hours and 52 minutes to complete the 191 mile journey from Barra Head to Port … Continue reading “The Selkie Race Postscript”
RobMac are delighted to once again feature as one of the top financial advisers in Scotland. Citywire and Pimco have collaborated to produce a regional shortlist of 20 advisers across all regions. They have concluded that financial advisers have faced the challenge head on, innovating to meet the needs of clients today and shaping their … Continue reading “Third year in a row for RobMac to feature in the Citywire Pimco Regional Survey of top financial advisers”
As previously mentioned, this year, we are going to sponsor a remarkable young man who is going to continuously run, cycle and swim the length of the Outer Hebrides (184 miles) to raise funds for the Hebridean Whale & Dolphin Trust. James Armour is a passionate believer in climate change – he has a degree … Continue reading “The Selkie Race – Training Update”
Regular followers of RobMac will know that we tend to sponsor individuals or events that we believe our clients would also endorse. At the end of 2019 we sponsored the three Maclean brothers who impressively rowed across the Atlantic setting 3 world records in the process. This year, we are going to sponsor a remarkable … Continue reading “RobMac sponsors The Selkie Race”
Jeff Lewis, director at RobMac, gives a global overview of the pandemic and what impact it is having on markets. The virus, vaccines and lockdowns The US has been easing lockdowns for a while – remember that this is mostly up to individual states. Following this and Spring Break, new cases of the virus … Continue reading “The virus, vaccines and lockdowns – Jeff Lewis gives an overview”
Now that the dust has settled from the recent budget, Andrew Hannay has dug a little deeper and beyond the headlines and discovered some issues that need consideration. As well as freezing thresholds on income tax, inheritance tax and the annual CGT exemption for capital gains tax the government made some less well noted changes. … Continue reading “Further budget musings and freezing thresholds”
