Remote work can be beneficial for both employees and businesses, but one aspect that many managers struggle with is keeping employees motivated while they work from home. Motivation and employee wellbeing …
How to Finance a Start-Up Company
Once you have an idea for your business, it’s time to gather the funds to put your plan into action. Every start-up business needs some funding to get off the …
Best Robo Advisor UK
What is a Robo Advisor? A new breed of financial services enabled by technology (known as financial technology or FinTech for short.) A robo advisor is what it sounds like …
Beginners Guide to Forex Trading and Forex Hosting
Forex, otherwise known as Foreign Exchange or FX trading, is trading one form of currency for another. The foreign exchange trade is the most active market valued at 5 Trillion …
What You Should Look For In An Investment Broker
Whether you are looking for a new investment broker for your business or your own personal use, there are a number of things that you should keep in mind when …
Is it Possible to Get a Loan with Poor Credit History?
If you have bad credit, it’s still possible that you might be able to get a bad credit loan. Here’s everything you need to know about these types of loans …
Connecting With Young Financial Investors on Instagram
Following the employment upheavals of 2020, millennials and Generation Z have taken on a more active approach to their finances. Rather than just focusing on savings, they have begun looking …
Top Reasons to Invest Your Money
Simply put, if you want to expand your net worth, you will have to invest your money wisely. When you put your money through the investment cycle, chances are that …
Why Corporates Should Invest in USDC
The following opinion piece on cryptocurrency is the latest in our series of cryptos. Please be reminded that all cryptocurrencies have risks, and the advise from central banks and financial …
5 Life Insurance Considerations in a Post-COVID World
Unfortunately, the need for having adequate life insurance in place has never been more important. The global COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted just how fragile life can be and therefore the …
4 Financial Planning Tips for High Net Worth Individuals
Financial planning requirements vary a great deal depending on your net worth. High net worth individuals, or those with upwards of a million in their bank account, must maintain and …
Creating A Legacy Plan For Your Business: What You Need To Know
When it comes to your business, you are always thinking about what’s next. You are thinking about what the next week, the next month, the next year will bring. You …
Author Interview: Alan Pink
Alan Pink is the author of Practical Tax Planning for Business which has been fully updated and revised for the 20/21 tax year. Practical Tax Planning for Business covers a …
3 Things Business Books Suggest You’ll Need When Launching a Small Business
The business world is one that certainly draws people in. Entrepreneurs from around the world set their sights on an industry they want to evolve in and will do anything in …
Stockbroker Excellence – Become a Broker Expert
Stockbroker excellence is our insightful series of punchy blog posts which will help you become a master at selecting the right UK stockbroker or stocks & shares ISA for you. …
Three Investment Apps To Try in 2021
If you thought that the pandemic would halt the flurry of new UK stockbrokers launching investment apps during 2020 and 2021, you’d be wrong. Here’s a sneak peek at the …
Author Interview: Ehi Eric Esoimeme
Ehi Eric Esoimeme is the author of The Risk-Based Approach to Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing. Financial Expert has rated the title as the #5 best money laundering book …
Stockbroker Excellence: Trustpilot Score
This is the latest in a series of stockbroker excellence posts. We lean into all the finer points that separate the top contenders battling to be the UK’s best stockbroker. …
Stockbroker Excellence: Regular Investments
The Financial Expert stockbroker excellence series of blog posts is all about comparing UK stockbrokers and discovering how the features, costs and rules of investment platforms vary between UK firms. …
Author Interview: Martin Fridson
Martin Fridson is the author of Financial Statement Analysis: A Practitioners Guide, which he co-wrote with Fernando Alvarez. The title is published by John Wiley & Sons and is in …
Stockbroker Excellence: Minimum Deposit
Welcome to our stockbroker excellence blog series. If you’re interested in what key features or drawbacks you should be looking out for when looking for the perfect stockbroker in the …
A Comprehensive List of All UK Stockbrokers
We’ve compiled a full list of every UK stockbroker which is registered with the London Stock Exchange. These are known as member brokers, and their ranks include some of the …
Stockbroker Excellence: IPO Accessibility
You’re reading one of our posts from the ‘stockbroker excellence’ series. In this series, we take a look at the different features which help the best UK stockbrokers stand apart …
Stockbroker Excellence: Range of Investments
In our range of ‘stockbroker excellence’ posts, we’re highlighting one differentiating factor which could make one UK stockbroker far more useful or appropriate for your circumstances. When comparing forex & …
Author Interview: Jörg Kienitz
Dr Jörg Kienitz is the author of Financial Modelling – Theory, Implementation and Practice, an engaging title that we featured in our shortlist of the best financial modelling books. The …
Author Interview: Kevin Sullivan
Kevin Sullivan is the author of Anti-Money Laundering in a Nutshell: Awareness and Compliance for Financial Personnel and Business Managers. Kevin is better known as the founder and President of …
The 100 Best Business Books (UK Edition)
Last updated: 19 April 2021. The best business books tell stories, convey lessons and share secrets about a subject which has the potential to bring us personal prosperity. To succeed in …
Stockbroker Excellence: Trading Platforms
In our series of stockbroker excellent posts, we zoom in on a specific feature or element of UK stockbrokers that helps the best brokers stand apart from the weaker offerings. …
Stockbroker Excellence: Platform Fees & Account Charges
Our stockbroker excellence articles are a series of short blog posts which each focus on a different factor that makes the best UK stockbrokers the very best. Read on to …
Stockbroker Excellence: Trading Commission
Our stockbroker excellence articles are a series of short blog posts which each focus on a different factor that makes the best UK stockbrokers the very best. Read on to …
Which UK Stockbrokers Have the Best Customer Service?
When you compare UK stockbrokers online, you’ll find it easy to compare the trading fees and account fees charged by different platforms. What you’ll find more difficult is measuring the …
Key Elements of Financial Analysis
You’ll need to fully understand how a company works to get the most out of your investment. One good way to know how a business is doing is to carry out a …
List of UK Stockbrokers by Assets Under Management
If you’re interested in which UK stockbrokers have the most assets under management or assets under administration, you’re in the right place. Below, we share our independent research into the …
List of UK Stockbrokers by Number of Clients
Do you want to know which UK stockbroker has the most clients or customers? It’s an easy question to ask, but it’s very difficult to get hold of reliable information …
Blog Update March 2021
This is Financial Expert‘s blog update series, where I bring you up to speed on everything that’s changing at Financial-Expert.co.uk. Whether we’ve produced new articles, begun a new journey or have …
eToro Review: Is eToro the Best UK Stockbroker?
Welcome to our in-depth eToro review. When we say ‘in-depth’, we mean it. You’re looking at the most detailed eToro review available online. Alongside 11 other UK stockbrokers, we have …
How to Invest in Venture Capital
Ahead of any article about investing in venture capital, a risk warning is required. Venture Capital (or VC for short) is a high-risk asset class that is only suitable for …
How to Invest in Digital Transformation
Go Digital! Does that mean just having an internet presence is sufficient? Of course not. Digital transformation goes deeper and involves a lot of intricacies. With advancing technology, it makes …
A Full List of UK Investing Apps
Investing apps are changing the way that UK investors buy and sell share. Just ten years ago, few retail investors would consider conducting such serious transactions on their phone. As …
Author Interview: Jason Butler
Jason Butler is the author of the FT Guide to Wealth Management. The FT Guide to Wealth Management is rated 4.8 / 5.0 on Amazon, a terrific score that is …
Author Interview: Brad Feld
Brad Feld is the author of Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist, alongside Jason Mendelson. Venture Deals is a comprehensive guide for business owners which will …
Book Review: Asset Allocation & Private Markets
This is a book review of Asset Allocation & Private Markets: A Guide to Investing with Private Equity, Private Debt, and Private Real Assets is a book published by Cyril …
Best Way To Earn Gift Cards Online
Here’s a personal finance article that I think will interest my readers who are obsessive budgeters and savvy savers. Finding any additional means of producing income can go along way …
What Happens to Your Stocks & Shares ISA After You Die?
A stocks & shares ISA is a tax-sheltered investment account, but contrary to popular belief, stocks & shares ISAs are not completely tax-free. One of the taxes not shielded by …
How to Become a Stocks & Shares ISA Millionaire
Stocks & shares ISAs are tax-free investment accounts that allow you to earn dividends, interest and capital gains fee from tax. Their catch is that the amount you can deposit …
What is the Minimum Deposit to Open a Stocks & Shares ISA?
If you’re just starting out on your investment journey, you may be investing with little money each month, or have a small lump sum to begin your nest egg. It’s …
Should you Disclose Stocks & Shares ISA Income and Gains to HMRC?
A question I read frequently is ‘Do I need to put income and gains from my Stocks & Shares ISA on my tax return?’ or ‘Should I disclose my stocks …
Are Stocks & Shares ISAs Totally Tax-Free?
Stocks & shares ISAs are a ‘tax-sheltered’ investment account. This means that the government gives favourable tax treatment to assets held inside an ISA, compared to if you held in …
Are Stocks & Shares ISAs UK-Specific?
There’s a lot of information about stocks and shares ISAs on Financial Expert. But this site gets a lot of international visitors from the US, the Middle East, Africa and …
A Complete List of Stocks & Shares ISA Providers
Do you want to compare the best stocks & shares ISAs but find it difficult to find a complete overview of the choices available? Frustrated by price comparison websites only …