Recently at Cervello we decided to produce a number of short videos explaining a little about what we do as a business. They’ll be short, hopefully sweet but will give you small bite sized tips on what you need to do to manage your money more efficiently… However to start with we’re going to tell […]
At Cervello we’re firm advocates for ‘evidence based investing’. We believe that the academic research showing that over the longer term the best was to invest to achieve your financial goals follows the following rules:- * Boring investing but an exciting life – As you’ll read below our approach to investing is pretty boring. We […]
I love a good story. You see stories have power. The stories we hear or watch, the stories we tell our friends and family and (probably most importantly) the stories we tell ourselves about our own lives. I want to tell you a story. A story of two men in a bar. One of them […]
Apparently there are a couple of theories of where the phrase ‘get your ducks in a row’ comes from… The most popular comes from the world of ten pin bowling where historically shorter and thicker pins (called ‘duck pins’) used to be used and after every strike had to be manually placed back in the […]
One of the most personally and professionally disappointing things about the current situation, although it’s clearly the right thing to do for all concerned (Thank you for staying at home!), is the fact that I’m missing the opportunity to get some of my favourite professionals together at our offices at one of our inner circle […]
It’s interesting. Every now and again we get asked about the cost of our service. Cost is a factor that everyone should consider when engaging any service but particularly when it comes to getting financial planning or advice. There’s no denying that high quality independent financial advice can seem expensive. However just focussing on cost […]
There’s a clear difference between financial wellbeing and wealth. My experience and knowledge tells me that it’s certainly possible to be relatively wealthy (or have a high income) and have poor financial wellbeing. More money doesn’t necessarily equate to a better relationship with money…but the good news is that there are a number of techniques […]
It started with a Facebook message from a friend of mine on a dark cold clear Wednesday night… “Chris. I’m in a Hotel (nothing new there)….and there are a couple of chaps talking about how to go from Platinum 1000 to Chairman. It sounds like a Ponzi scheme to me and they’re trying to sign […]
As an organisation many of our clients are business owners. We also tend to meet many business owners at networking events and referrals from accountants, solicitors, existing clients and professional introducer’s. One comment we therefore hear quite often is….”The reason I don’t save as much (or anything at all) as I should for my retirement is because […]
Recently at Cervello we decided to produce a number of short videos explaining a little about what we do as a business. They’ll be short, hopefully sweet but will give you small bite sized tips on what you need to do to manage your money more efficiently… If you want to understand how we do […]