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Announcing the launch of our new enhanced website

Posted on 25 May 202125 May 2021 by QWM_Marketing

Quintas Wealth Management are delighted to announce that our new enhanced website is now live. With our customers top of mind, we have redeveloped our site to make it easier to use. As a result, it offers improved navigation, greater functionality and better information.

Overall new features of the website include:

Detailed information on our Financial Review process
New blog and news section to keep you up to date
Enhanced product information pages with clear explanations
Improved company and employee details for ease of contact
New “Request a quote” feature

Additionally, we will be introducing a regular newsletter over the coming weeks and you can sign up to receive this through the website. We will also be regularly updating blogs and features over the coming months. These will help keep the website relevant and our customers up to date.

The new website reflects the more modern and professional ethos we believe Quintas Wealth Management stands for. Our aim is to enhance your financial health. We do this through our independent advice and expertise. We are dedicated to providing quality and excellence in everything we do. Ultimately benefiting our customers and we hope that our new website reflects this.

What is Income Protection & Why you need it?

Posted on 10 May 20215 October 2021 by Binate_Admin

In the very simplest terms Income Protection is a type of protection policy designed to protect your income. It provides an alternative income if you are unable to work due to injury or illness. This can give you financial security and peace of mind while you recover.

We all have mortgage protection, car insurance, home insurance and travel insurance, to name but a few. But what pays for all these things? Your income. So why would you not consider protecting it.

Your income is your greatest asset. Without it the bills wouldn’t be paid, the mortgage wouldn’t be paid, the car wouldn’t be there. And there would be no luxuries like gym memberships or holidays. Without it your lifestyle would be financially impacted.

It can be easy to take your income for granted. But have a think about what would happen if an illness or injury left you unable to work. Do you have a plan in place to provide an alternative source of income? Ask yourself:

How long would you receive payment from your employer?
Do you have savings you could use to sustain your lifestyle?
What ways can you reduce your outgoings?
Do you have additional bills e.g., medical that need to be taken care of?
Is there family you can ask for help?

Negative Interest Rates

Posted on 8 May 202126 July 2021 by Binate_Admin

The Challenge

Deposit rates have been at all time lows for a sustained period and investors are starting to see the effects of this on their annual deposit return statements – which are showing zero!!

At the same time we have seen the perfect storm with Covid where customers have been unable to spend on holidays, meals out and in physical retail stores. The graph below shows the net household deposits since 2004, in rolling 12 month periods. You can see that during the 2000’s there was a strong level of money being put on deposit and then following the financial crash this turned negative as people needed to access their cash deposits – the rainy day funds we so often speak about.

However you can also see that up towards the end of 2020 we have had the most money deposited in any 12 month period we have on record.

We have seen headlines and spoke about this “wall of money” on deposit for the last number of years and this figure of €100bn of household money on deposit has often been used. However this figure of €100bn has been well surpassed at this stage and the latest graph below demonstates how this has now hit €125 billion. There is also approximately another €20bn within Post Offices and State Savings Certs (whose rate of return is being cut also this week). This is a phenomenal amount of funds not working hard enough for your clients.