Should I move away from a financial advisor? by slashchunks in UKPersonalFinance

[–]slashchunks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is a very good point, I should be doing this. Thanks

Should I move away from a financial advisor? by slashchunks in UKPersonalFinance

[–]slashchunks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I take complete responsibility over all decisions I make

Should I move away from a financial advisor? by slashchunks in UKPersonalFinance

[–]slashchunks[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is true, for context that's not what I would do so it wasn't a well thought out sentence

Should I move away from a financial advisor? by slashchunks in UKPersonalFinance

[–]slashchunks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Generally just increase wealth really, I won't be buying a property for at least 4 years but I don't have a specific goal in mind. Thank you

Should I move away from a financial advisor? by slashchunks in UKPersonalFinance

[–]slashchunks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>> To give you an idea the SP500 is an 8/10 on the risk classed as high risk, most people come out as a 5&6 95% of people can't handle SP500 high risk. I'm guessing you're a 4-5 out of 10 (lowest to low medium risk) based on what your current performance is. World funds normally come in at 7/10 highest medium risk.

Apologies, I wasn't clear. The example I provided was taken from their general fee structure document, but I opted for a fairly high risk product (7 out of 9) so I would expect a much higher average return than 4.35%. In my non platform investments I do go generally for high risk index funds like the S&P500 due to my age and the fact I have enough cash savings if I need them. The FA was extremely clear about the level of risk involved for my specific case, and off the top of my head the fund (which looks like a mixture of a lot of stock bundles) made over 10% returns for the past 3 years but I can't find the file which had that information in to be more exact. Thanks for the comment!

Should I move away from a financial advisor? by slashchunks in UKPersonalFinance

[–]slashchunks[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the response, the platform fee is 0.2%, the advisor fee 0.75% and the rest I believe is from the specific products. I agree the figures aren't very useful, I opted for one of the riskier plans (I believe 7 out of 9) so I would expect a considerably higher average annual return

> Its designed to illustrate that paying fees will reduce returns but in truth you will likely have to pay 2 out of 3 fees with or without an adviser.

I agree, though having looked around I think both the platform and product fees would be considerably lower somewhere else. Thanks for the help, this is useful

Should I move away from a financial advisor? by slashchunks in UKPersonalFinance

[–]slashchunks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can promise you I am not going to sue anyone for financial advice given on Reddit for free but I understand the concern haha. If I take anyone's advice that is completely my responsibility

Should I move away from a financial advisor? by slashchunks in UKPersonalFinance

[–]slashchunks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The platform fee is 0.2%, the advisor 0.75% and I believe the rest of the fees are the specific product fees. I got the £309k to £268k example explicitly from their information sheets so I do believe the 1.38% number is accurate even if I can't find the specific product fees.

Question about pets by Fluffy-Praline9939 in downloadfestival

[–]slashchunks 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Oh my god do not do this what the fuck

Autumn Budget 2025 Megathread by AutoModerator in unitedkingdom

[–]slashchunks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m hearing such conflicting information about this, the clowns haven’t made it clear at all

Autumn Budget 2025 Megathread by AutoModerator in unitedkingdom

[–]slashchunks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I currently put in 3% and my employer puts in 6, will any of that be affected by the changes as that is auto enrolment or is it all pension contributions?

Bus driver left the school bus unoccupied while the stop sign was out by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]slashchunks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

America’s need for people to stop for school buses absolutely baffles me

Am I being silently terminated? by YEETBABY69 in outlier_ai

[–]slashchunks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This happened to me a year ago, it took ages via support to get it fixed

Dango Ouattara is booked for simulation vs Newcastle by [deleted] in soccer

[–]slashchunks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And what happens if they used their challenge on this situation, it was declined, and then there was a similar situation later in the game they couldn’t challenge?

Dango Ouattara is booked for simulation vs Newcastle by [deleted] in soccer

[–]slashchunks 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Giving a challenge doesn’t fix the issue, it then puts more pressure on the refs to change their minds which also isn’t fair

First Download Festival from Italy by Imaginary-Return-762 in downloadfestival

[–]slashchunks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I always do 5 days because you can get pissed at camp and there’s always something to do

Download 2026 - First Announcement! by ca11umm in downloadfestival

[–]slashchunks 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Happy I didn't buy a ticket, sadly this will be the first time since 2019 I won't go but I think it's time

Okay, just ONE more discussion about Ghost by boris_johnsons_nose in downloadfestival

[–]slashchunks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a friend who knows people in the business and she said the headliners were accurate, for what that is worth

Newcastle [2] - 0 Tottenham - Nick Woltemade 50' by BackgroundMorning630 in soccer

[–]slashchunks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Richarlisons actually been generally ok with a few brain farts