by Abacus | Oct 19, 2022 | News
From time to time we all take advice. We seek advice from a Doctor when we don’t feel well, talk to a lawyer if we have legal concerns and we ask friends, family and colleagues about all sorts of things. We assume that the people we ask, have our best interests at...
by Abacus | Sep 23, 2021 | News
From time to time we all take advice. We seek advice from a Doctor when we don’ feel well, talk to a lawyer if we have legal concerns and we ask friends, family and colleagues about all sorts of things. We assume that the people we ask, have our best interests at...
by Abacus | May 19, 2021 | News
I was chatting with a client the other day. I’d not heard from him for several years, despite regular nudging. This was the last in a series of meetings designed to take him through a full financial planning review process: life goals, timelines, strategies, risk,...
by Abacus | May 19, 2021 | News
At Abacus, we’ve been thinking about referrals a lot in the last few weeks. In particular, why the experience in the UAE is so markedly different from that of the US and UK. In those countries, a personal recommendation from an existing client is the primary source of...
by Abacus | Jan 7, 2021 | News
Well, what a year 2020 was. I’m sure none of us could have predicted the way it unfolded. Plans changed, we adapted and now it’s over. Although many of us had a very different work pattern last year, I’m quite sure the majority still took some time off over the...
