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Dec 29, 2020
The EIS Navigator Podcast: Look back on 2020 and look forward to 2021
2020 has been a challenging year for many and the EIS industry is no exception. The EIS Navigator team have got together an all-star...
Mar 20, 2020
When Will The Financial Meltdown End?
The Coronavirus Contagion combined with the Saudi/Russian oil spat has certainly sent financial markets into the biggest meltdown since...
Mar 11, 2020
Hot Topics in EIS Fund Due Diligence
Who would have thought that we would have the ability to coerce 35 or 40 people into an evening panel discussion on 5th March 2020 at...
Feb 26, 2020
EIS & Symvan feature in City A.M.
Click here for City A.M. feature There is a very informative supplement included in today’s City A.M. focussing on EIS investing and what...
Oct 10, 2019
What is the Impact of Brexit on EIS?
It is difficult to be sanguine about Brexit if one currently resides in the UK, not least because it seems to infect every aspect of the...
Oct 30, 2018
Post Budget Reaction
Yesterday’s budget was not a blockbuster budget, but this was probably to be expected given the current political and economic context....
Oct 28, 2018
The Budget: What Could It Mean For Tax-Efficient Investors and Wealth Managers?
It has recently been mentioned that Monday’s budget has been moved back two days from its original Wednesday date so as not to interfere...
May 31, 2018
EIS: Managing the risks
Symvan is delighted to co-sponsor a primer published by the EIS Association entitled EIS: Managing the risks. The new risk/reward balance...
Mar 15, 2018
What would a Corbyn-led Labour Government Mean for Tax-Advantaged Investing?
This was not even a question that was taken seriously until the election debacle of 2017. It could be argued that Labour’s Election...
Jan 29, 2018
Carry back with SEIS or EIS?
Earlier this month I received a call from my IFA to arrange an appointment to meet during February. Like so many others in my position,...
Jan 23, 2018
Exeter - Lessons in Disruption
Symvan was one of eight fund managers presenting in Sandy Park, Exeter on 5th December on the joys of tax-efficient fund investing. Upon...
Nov 23, 2017
The "Spirit of EIS"
On Monday, I discussed the UK Productivity Puzzle that has bedevilled the UK for a decade (Beyond The Usual Headlines), but did not quite...
Nov 20, 2017
Beyond The Usual Headlines - Will this be the Chancellor's Venture Capital Budget?
There is something else that will be a hallmark of this week’s budget, even if it gets scant attention in the general press, and that is the
Mar 9, 2017
The Chancellor, Symvan and the Productivity Puzzle
The folks at Symvan were watching the budget yesterday with no preconceived expectations, but we were slightly surprised that the...
Mar 6, 2017
EIS Technology Investing - The Client Suitability Test
As the end of the tax year approaches, wealth managers across the UK are working with their investing clients on anything and everything...
