Event details

Date
Time
Duration
2023-02-02 10:00:00
2023-02-02 11:00:00
Europe/London

The award-winning GrowthInvest Adviser Hour drives education and understanding of tax-efficient and alternative investments, with discussions on the opportunities and challenges that advisers face. First launched in early 2018, and now into its eighth series, the Adviser Hour has transformed the online and educational landscape for financial advisers looking for the latest information and insights on tax efficient and alternative investments.

The record-breaking 21/22 VCT season saw investment break through the £1Bn mark for the first time.  The landscape has changed in other ways, with the most popular VCTs filling up in days.  What will be the final reckoning in the 22/23 season? Is there a big How can advisers ensure that their clients get in their preferred VCTs? Will the forthcoming changes to taxes make VCTs even more popular? 

Topics for the Q1 Episode will include:

  •         Predictions for the rest of the year? 
  •         Impact of additional taxes from next year onwards? 
  •         Making the right investments in the current market? 
  •         What advisers should look for in a VCT manager
  •         Which clients should be looking at VCTs
  •         Outlook for dividend yields

Alongside long-standing topics such as:

  •         Fee Transparency 
  •         Liquidity 
  •         Diversification & Risk

We ask a panel of industry experts these key questions and more.

Hosted by our new host Catherine McQueen, the Q1 2023 VCT Series features a star line-up of both old and new leading industry figures and commentators featuring guests representing a mixture of established and most popular VCT providers, alongside relative newcomers in the market. This episode includes guests from Octopus Investments, Foresight Group and Guinness Asset Management Limited. 

As well as an in-depth exploration of market trends and analysis, we will also be asking the panel a series of questions from Advisers, in our new Adviser Clinic section.  

Tune in at 10am on Thursday 2nd February and find out the latest on key industry trends, opportunities, and challenges, and what it looks like to be an adviser at the forefront of tax efficient investments in 2023.

Panel

Catherine McQueen

Catherine McQueen

Host

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Catherine has an MBA in finance and trained as a lawyer. She has worked as a producer and reporter for numerous channels including ESPN, Sky, BeIN Sports, the BBC and Channel 4. She runs a real estate company and continues to work in broadcasting.

Nick Bird

Nick Bird

Head of Strategic Growth

Octopus Investments

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Nick is Head of Strategic Growth at Octopus. He has worked in financial services for the two decades with the last 10 years at Octopus. Over that time Nick has worked closely with advisers to help grow their business by understanding their clients, working with professional connections and providing planning ideas and training. Nick is an affiliate of STEP and specialises in estate planning work. He is a regular contributor to the trade press and speaks passionately about the power of good planning and the opportunities of smaller company investing.

Shane Gallwey

Shane Gallwey

Head of Ventures

Guinness Ventures

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Shane set up the Guinness Ventures team in 2010, having previously worked for Northland Capital Partners, where his focus was on advising growth companies. From 2002 to 2006 Shane was based in Gibraltar with Trafalgar Financial Futures. In 1996 he joined HSBC Investment Bank where he worked in the Telecoms & Technology Team. Shane has a Master's degree from the University of Edinburgh and is a CFA Charterholder.

Paddy Lamb

Paddy Lamb

Associate Director

Foresight Group

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Paddy joined Foresight in 2017 as a Business Development Manager and became Head of London Business Development Managers in December 2018. He leads the office-based Retail Sales team working out of London, selling our suite of tax-efficient investments and OEICs.

Before joining Foresight, Paddy worked in the wealth management industry in Dubai and before that, the Lloyds of London Insurance Market.

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