We are committed to providing excellent client advice, service and fulfilling clients’ investment expectations. We want to build relationships with our clients which endure a lifetime and are truly valued. To enable us to achieve this, a consultant will have a very small number of client relationships, allowing us to properly look after every single client.
Being a boutique wealth manager allows us to take pro-active investment management decisions. If there is a sudden change in investment market conditions, we can make rapid and significant adjustments to the assets held in a portfolio at short notice. We are small and nimble and we are not subject to liquidity constraints.
We look to diversify our client portfolios across numerous asset classes as well as by sub-categories and themes. Commonly held asset classes include Equities, Fixed Interest Securities, Commodities, Commercial Property, Hedge Funds and Cash. These are allocated globally with further diversification being related to market capitalisation, global trends and themes. Our asset allocation classifications effectively diversify across 17 asset groups.
Many investment houses declare themselves as either investors in actively managed funds or passive funds. The only thing we are really interested in is whether the investment in question represents a good investment opportunity for our clients. Both active managed funds and passive funds have their attractions and we utilise both to achieve the desired investment outcomes for our clients.
Your Wealth Plan is the scaffolding upon which a successful investment strategy is constructed. Not all financial planning products allow all types of investments to be held. Therefore, a decision on the appropriate financial planning products and tax structures needs to be made and balanced with the intended investment approach. This can also include existing assets held.
Clients utilising Raymond James Chamberlain Square’s Wealth Management services will benefit from the added security of all managed holdings being held under the custody of Pershing Securities Limited.
Pershing Securities Limited is a member of the London Stock Exchange and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
It is important that clients fully understand all the costs of investing through our managed portfolio service. In order to maintain the trust we have earned, we are entirely upfront and transparent when it comes to costs.
We do not shy away from our charges as we strongly believe they reflect the ‘added value’ throughout the investment process. A study by Vanguard, a large U.S. Fund Group, looked at the returns an investor might generate on their own versus the returns they may generate using a financial planner offering the full suite of planning services we offer. They concluded that across seven key areas, financial planners can add around 3% per annum [1], more than compensating for the charges levied.
[1] Vanguard Research (September 2016). “Putting a value on your value: Quantifying Vanguard Adviser’s Alpha in the UK.”