Personal Finance & Pensions
MBC is working with Sykes Ihlenfeldt Ltd to provide FREE help and impartial advice for our members.
Sykes Ihlenfeldt Limited is a firm of Independent Financial and Mortgage Advisers.
With extensive experience in financial planning, we offer a professional service and add value to individuals and businesses.
We advise clients on all core areas of personal and corporate financial planning. Where appropriate, we offer specialist portfolio management for those requiring investment advices. We can also provide guidance on estate planning and inheritance tax liabilities.
As Independent Financial Advisers we work on your behalf, using the latest technology to research and assess Pension, Life Assurance, Investment and Mortgage Companies from the whole market….more
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Mortgages – The Basics
Mortgages are the largest single transaction in most people’s lives. Buying a property can be a stressful and time consuming experience, although nowadays the financing of a mortgage is a case of finding and selecting the most suitable deal, rather than simply accepting a lender’s offer….more
Independent Advice
Independent advice is not the only option available.
If you go to your high street bank you may be greeted by a financial adviser, but they could well be ‘tied’ to recommending and promoting the products of the bank, or a single insurance/investment company to which the bank
has an allegiance. So why do we need independent advisers, and how can customers be sure they are getting a fair deal?….more
Savings & Investments
Why are we encouraged to save money? From childhood most of us are told to put away money to save for the
future – perhaps for something special? Or perhaps to be sure that when we really need something we have the funds to acquire it, without taking on debt? Whether you place your money in a piggy bank, or in a multinational investment house, our aims are broadly the same; to provide for our future needs, and to protect ourselves against unexpected causes of expenditure….more
Protection
Financial products are sometimes at their most useful when they are protecting our families, our incomes or our property. Whilst insuring ourselves against an undesirable event such as sickness or even death may not be a pleasant thing to think about, the benefit of being able to set financial issues aside at emotionally difficult times cannot be overlooked.
There are many ways in which a family can protect itself, and because of the large range of products available there is usually an appropriate policy for most circumstances, and most budgets….more
