Le Tour de Finance – 100th event in Dinard
By Spectrum IFA
This article is published on: 15th November 2015
Our 100th financial seminar was quite rightly our biggest yet with approximately 90 attendees out of the 106 who had RSVP’d.
Guest speakers from Rathbones, SEB, Tilney Best Invest, Prudential International and Standard Bank all flew in specially for this event alongside the organisers and founders, Pippa Maile from Currencies Direct and Michael Lodhi from The Spectrum IFA Group.
The venue, Le Grand Hotel Dinard, was a fabulous location with first-class service and an excellent buffet lunch to finish.
There were plenty of prized to mark the event – five lucky attendees went home with 100euros in cash each, everyone received a goodie bag plus there was a prize draw for other prizes including champagne, signed British rugby shirts and autographed books.
Thank you to everyone who came along and made this such a great success. If you are one of the people who unfortunately had to cancel at the last minute, please feel free to drop us a line at seminars@ltdf.eu if you would like copies of the presentations or have a specific topic that you would like advice on.
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Le Tour de Finance – Autumn seminars
By Spectrum IFA
This article is published on: 9th October 2015
The autumn run of seminars in France kicked off this week in Endreol,La Motte and moved onto the beautiful Chateau La Coste in Le Puy Sainte Reparade with a final stop in the Languedoc region at The Domaine Gayda.
These autumn seminars proved to be very successful offering English speaking expats a chance to meet various experts from fields including; specialist expat independent financial advice, mutli-asset wealth management, currency exchange, QROPS/pensions and expat tax advice. The string of autumn seminars will culminate in Dinard, Brittanty with Le Tour de Finance’s 100th event.
The next events are:
11th Nov 2015 Avrille, Loire
12th Nov 2015 Dinard, Ille-et-Vilain, Brittany
If you would like further information or would like to book a place, please contact us
The objective of Le Tour de Finance is to provide expatriates with useful information relating to their financial lives. We try and cover frequently asked questions that we receive from our clients. It would be helpful for us to know what your particular areas of interest might be.
For further details and to book your place at a future event please register here
Below you will be some photos of our lucky prize draw winners walking away with a refreshing bottleof champagne, together with our speakers and attendees.
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Le Tour de Finance Paris
By Spectrum IFA
This article is published on: 20th March 2015
The Spectrum IFA Group, one of the participants of Le Tour de Finance, is proud to announce that the event of 15th April will be held at the Ambassade de Grande Bretagne in Paris.
This prestigious event brings together a number of experts from major British financial institutions on subjects such as UK/French tax issues, the new succession rules for August 2015, pensions/QROPS and tax efficient investing for expats.
The popular Tour de Finance events are an excellent opportunity for expats living in France to get those all important questions answered by specialists in their respective fields. The events will also give you a chance to meet other like minded expatriates in a relaxed and convivial atmosphere.
The event will commence at 18.30, with a complimentary buffet in the Embassy from 20.30 – 21.30.
If you would like further information or would like to book a place, please contact us
The objective of Le Tour de Finance is to provide expatriates with useful information relating to their financial lives.
We try and cover frequently asked questions that we receive from our clients. It would be helpful for us to know what your particular areas of interest might be.
Send us your questions and the event you will be attending and we will try and cover them on the day:
Please click here Le Tour de Finance Questions
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Precious metals and gold
By Spectrum IFA
This article is published on: 30th July 2014
Which of these has more value? Is there something better?
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When it comes to hedging (protecting) against dollar debasement, few things have performed as well as gold. Having gold or unit trust gold funds could be said to be “preparing for the worst.”
Following the fairly recent global financial crisis, governments have adopted expansionary monetary policies by cutting interest rates and increasing the amount of money in circulation to keep their banks and indebted borrowers afloat. Even though the historical case for gold is strong and the price goes up, the raw supply and demand case for platinum and palladium might be even stronger.
Russia and South Africa currently hold 80% of the world’s platinum and palladium reserves and both are struggling to maintain output. In fact, global supply is becoming increasingly less as production declines in these two politically volatile countries. Strikes in South Africa have resulted in the loss of 550,000 ounces (14,174,761 grams) worth of production in the first quarter of this year. And the tensions along the Ukraine border threaten to trigger huge disruption in markets in Russia.
This instability in South Africa and Russia all but ensures that the platinum and palladium markets will see yet another supply deficit in 2014.
Regardless, demand continues to increase and is unlikely to come down soon. Primarily, these metals are used in catalytic converters, the mechanism in your car’s engine that helps reduce noxious gas output and helps to keep the air cleaner. As more and more cars hit the roads – particularly in developing nations – the demand for cleaner air looks set only to rise.
Do you have gold shares in your investment portfolio? Or Uranium or Platinum? Now is the time to look at exactly what assets make up your portfolio. After all, I am sure you want to cover all bases.
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“The best time to invest is when you have money.
This is because history suggests it is not timing which matters, but time”
Sir John Templeton
Spectrum on Talk Radio Europe
By Charles Hutchinson
This article is published on: 20th June 2014
Spectrum Adviser Charles Hutchinson was interviewed for Talk Radio Europe
You can listen to the whole interview by clicking on the link below