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The Insights

At TILLIT we are big believers in learning and broadening our horizons. Our Insight articles cover everything from the here and now in our Market reviews, to short and long reads about the fundamentals of investing, as well as unique thought pieces from leading fund managers in The Opinion, and much more.

Short reads - Asset allocation

Risk: capacity vs tolerance

By Gabriella Macari
Reading time: 6 minutes

If you engage with a wealth manager or a financial advisor, their first steps will be to understand you and your wider financial situation and also to ask you about risk. There’s a good reason for it; this information helps them to determine your risk capacity and your risk tolerance which are both crucial to building a suitable long-term portfolio.

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Short reads - Fundamentals | Asset allocation

How to manage investment risk

By Jane Wallace
Reading time: 6 minutes

The word ‘risk’ is often bandied around in the world of investing. It can be a pretty alarming term, especially when mentioned in the same breath as your hard-earned savings. Yet many investors seem to carry on quite happily regardless of the risk. Are they just crazy adrenaline junkies or do they know something we don’t?

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Short reads - Fundamentals | Asset allocation

Why you need to know your why

By Gabriella Macari
Reading time: 6 minutes

Would you buy a home without first deciding what area you want to live in, how many bedrooms you need or how much you can afford to borrow for the mortgage? Making informed investment decisions needs similar planning as this will help you decide when to buy more or sell out further down the line.

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Short reads - Asset allocation

Surging inflation: Exploring what rising costs mean for savers and investors

By Sheridan Admans
Reading time: 7 minutes

Inflation, once considered dead, is making a fierce comeback. As costs creep up and the pound in your pocket is worth less than it was, we take a look at what this means for savers and investors, as well as which investments have demonstrated some resilience to this phenomenon in the past.

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Short reads - Asset allocation | Styles & themes

Property funds: safe as houses?

By Faith Archer
Reading time: 7 minutes

Investors wishing to profit from property prices and rental yields don’t have to buy a house, when they can invest in property funds instead. Rather than heading to an estate agent, try an investment platform. You can snap up a stake in a property fund with much less money and hassle than buying a building.

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