Alright? It’s Steve here subbing in for Mark this week with a different kind of update. Firstly, isn’t it just lovely to see our friends south of the border start to get out and about a wee bit, with social […]
Author Archives: Steven Nelson
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Sep
Sep
WE’RE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A PR HOT SHOT, JUST LIKE YOU. Lost your soul in corporate or agency life? Don’t suffer alone! Come and be soulless at the lang cat instead! We all float down here in Leith. […]
industry, Investments, little things to make your life better, PR, Uncategorized
Learning the language of risk
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Jun
Jun
I recently spent a couple of days with one of our PR clients, Paul Resnik from FinaMetrica. For those who don’t know FinaMetrica, they specialise in helping financial advisers and their clients understand investment risk tolerance through tools and educational […]
Paul Lewis has hit a raw nerve with many in the financial services industry. His piece about the transparency of charging here (and let’s remember he’s not having a pop at advisers specifically) has caused much consternation below the line […]
Confucius say, “Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.” Having ignored these wise words; Natalie Bennett, leader of the Greens, has no doubt crawled into a hole to hide for a while […]
Worldwide press release. 9 February 2015. The lang cat, (probably) Leith’s leading independent platform, pensions and investment consultancy is delighted “no, scrub that” tumescent to announce three new additions of financial services misfits to its burgeoning ranks. Terry Huddart will […]
Those ‘OMG’ I’m going to get fired! moments in the life of a PR are actually quite rare. Thankfully. But they are moments that stay with you for ever. My biggest OMG moment came on 17 January 2008 when a […]
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Jun
Jun
The not-so-NISA sting in the tail On the 1st of July, the whole world will tilt on its axis as swathes of Great British investors rush to top up their ISA allowance to a whopping £15,000. People are positively giddy […]
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May
May
Here at the lang cat port authority we’ve been receiving quite a few questions on the much hyped forthcoming Woodford fund launch. What’s the cheapest platform on which investors can access the fund? Who’s secured superclean terms? If a provider […]
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