Wealth Partner

Research & Insights

In this section you will find useful guides, research and other material on wealth planning from external sources, some of which are mentioned in the book.

You have to be in gold

All of us could benefit by examining our inclination to invest with our hearts rather than our heads— especially when it comes to gold.

Vanguard - Behavioural finance guide

A guide which will show you how human emotions and behaviour can affect investment decisions from the key principles revealed in the study of behavioural finance.

Vanguard - Active and passive investing - what you need to know

You can find funds which invest in a wide variety of markets and sectors. But wherever you invest, your fund managers will take one of two basic approaches to managing your money: active or passive investing.

Finametrica risk and return guide

Finametrica is a world leader in the provision of psychometric risk testing software which is used by many of the leading wealth management and financial planning firms. This useful guide sets out the historic risk and return results for sterling based investors since 1970 and provides excellent historical context for making investment decisions.

Bloomsbury - The Informed Investor

A recent white paper on the timeless principles of investment, set out in simple language.

Are UK fund investors achieving fund rates of return?

Lukas Schneider’s unpublished research thesis from 2007, referred to in the book, is available in full. Reproduced by kind permission of Lukas Schneider.

Wealth Briefings

Here you’ll find useful briefings on issues that need a little bit more explanation or depth.