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The Balanced Model Portfolio aims to achieve long term investment returns from a combination of lower risk and lower volatility assets (e.g. cash and/or bonds) and higher risk and higher volatility assets (e.g. real assets and company shares).
The Moderately Adventurous Model Portfolio aims to achieve long term returns from a combination of higher risk and higher volatility assets (e.g. real assets and company shares) than lower risk and lower volatility assets (e.g. cash and/or bonds).
The Adventurous Model Portfolio aims to achieve long term returns from a greater proportion of higher risk and higher volatility assets (e.g. real assets and company shares) than lower risk and lower volatility assets (e.g. cash and/or bonds).
The Highly Adventurous Model Portfolio aims to achieve long term returns from a greater proportion of higher risk and higher volatility assets (e.g. real assets and company shares) than lower risk and lower volatility assets (e.g. cash and/or bonds).
Listen to an economic and investment update, recorded on 22 April 2021.
In mid-February the Treasury announced that “To allow for more transparency and scrutiny, documents and consultations that would traditionally be published at a Budget will be published on 23 March”.  It was far from clear what would, or would not, emerge just 20 days after Rishi Sunak’s first Budget of 2021.  A letter from the Financial Secretary, Jesse Norman, to
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This note summarises the main pension rules in terms of the contribution and benefit limits, the treatment during the accumulation phase and the exit options (including death benefits), matters which should be considered for any investment, and to provide our general guidance and comments.

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