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9th July 2014

Illumina a 'Game of Genomes'

More good stuff from Baillie Gifford and the Scottish Mortgage team. If you wold like to read more on this please click here

21st May 2014

Edinburgh Marathon

Robmac’s Alison Mitchell is competing in the Edinburgh Marathon on Sunday. Her number is 19015 and we wish her all the best with that. Rumours that Norman will be competing are untrue.  

2nd May 2014

Nucleus Posts record financial results

Read more about Nucleus results for the year ending 31st December 2013. Robmac continue to recommend Nucleus as one of our preferred WRAP providers and are delighted to see the publication of the results. To see the full results please access their website on www.nucleusfinancial.com. Here you will also be able to find the Nucleus … Continue reading “Nucleus Posts record financial results”

28th April 2014

One to consider… The Kennox Strategic Value Fund

One of the funds we have been watching recently is the Kennox Strategic Value Fund. The Kennox principles are laid out in the November 2012 ‘Thinking aloud’ piece. This is available on their website and you can view by clicking here.  We like what they do. For more information please contact Andrew Hannay.

18th March 2014

Out of town at the Nucleus conferance…. Carl Richards of the Behaviour Gap.

I had the pleasure of listening to Carl Richards author of the behavior gap… Simple ways to stop doing dumb things with money. Pictures worth a thousand words and an excellent read.  You can visit his website by clicking here.

28th February 2014

In town this month Chris Hutchins of Unicorn Asset Management.

For some time now we have been admiring the performance of the Unicorn Unit Trust range and have added these to our investment club. It was good to meet Chris and hear about Unicorn’s Investment strategy. We are now adding the Aim VCT to our recommended list.   Full details on Unicorn can be found … Continue reading “In town this month Chris Hutchins of Unicorn Asset Management.”

10th February 2014

Workplace Pensions and Auto-Enrollment.

The clock is ticking as small employers must start to put in place project plans to meet their new pension obligations. If you have not already done this please get in touch with your normal adviser or ask us for a free copy of Standard Life Pension reform checklist.

13th January 2014

Champagne Moment

Congratulations to our own Stewart Hagart who slotted 5 penalties on his debut for Stewart Melville’s 2’s against old rivals Heriots. The details of the match can be found by clicking here.

26th November 2013

The End of Quantitative Easing – Mike Brooks of Baillie Gifford.

All you ever wanted to know about Quantitative Easing or QE. This can be found by clicking here..  

12th November 2013

Inflation proofing your portfolio.

More useful information from Capital Hill debating the returns on Equity investment versus Gold & Cash… You can read more on this by clicking here