Three things your clients may call you about this week …

What made financial headlines over the weekend?

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Investments for three Brexit scenarios; or for the rather longer term; and changes to the state pension - here's our weekly heads-up on the financial stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend …

The best investments to own in these three Brexit scenarios While financial advisers will generally urge clients to invest for the longer term by way of a diverse portfolio, this Telegraph article suggests investors position themselves against a Brexit deadline that is now - at least in theory - less than three weeks away. The piece addresses the three likeliest Brexit scenarios to result from decisions in Parliament over the coming days - a further delay to leaving the European Union, leaving without a deal in place and a so-called ‘People's Vote'. For a delay to leaving the EU, exper...

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