US companies bought-in and cancelled $736billion of shares, reducing supply and squeezing prices ever higher and some may say cynically the Executive bonuses which so often are awarded in stock options

We don’t often do this in these missives but perhaps we are being dilatory as we have a wide and varied readership! In a nutshell, we may have an opening for a qualified adviser to join our team.

You will recall that recently we were proud to be noted as one of the Top 100 financial advisers in the Country as allocated by a prestigious trade magazine.

Well. The extent of the outcome is a surprise but very welcome – I don’t say that ‘politically’ but to be grateful to secure some much-needed certainty for us all.

Believe it or not but close-to £184billion of unitised funds still pay regular commission to the original selling adviser.

Well, suddenly, smaller company Investment trusts have seen a general surge in interest and the discounts at which so many have traditionally traded have almost evaporated as the value has been recognised

Thank you New Model Adviser for awarding us with a certificate for being in the top 100 firms in the Country

Perhaps that is acceptable as these things can happen even to the most reputable of funds or groups I guess. However, here are a few points which might warrant consideration.

We have been buying the quoted Investment Trust – Patient Capital – from which the Group has also been sacked as manager.

Curiously on the stockmarket front, things generally have been very sanguine overall. There have been continuing outflows of funds as investors have chosen to withdraw and build cash balances but despite some torrid political events