Educational Demonstration of the Value of Advice

“Thank you for your help. I can’t tell you how much you are worth to me!” – Mike.
This is a comment that we have received many times and it illustrates the problem of putting intangibles into a tangible quantity – after all how do you value ‘peace of mind’ or ‘being there’ at times of illness, death, or at other of life’s stressful events. Ensuring ‘happiness in retirement’ and being at ease with knowing that you ‘have enough’ is one of our aims but ‘happiness’ is difficult to quantify in terms of pound notes.
Even when looking at investment returns quantifying how much we add has not been easy. We have known that we have added value to investments, and we have resorted to plucking a figure out of the air and said that we add ‘at least 1% a year’ to our client’s portfolio. Now EDVOA has provided us with a method of quantifying how much we add and even we are surprised by the size of the added value. Their current suite of tools includes: AAV Adviser Added Value, ITA Indicative Tax Advantages, and AC Additional Cash, and we have subscribed to them all.
Below is an example of £100,000 invested in an average portfolio which shows that the adviser added value over ten years is potentially £36,990 or an additional 37% on the additional investment. We hope that you are impressed as we are.
Compounding this additional return over the years shows how the considerable added value from our advice increases your wealth (and hopefully your happiness too!)
Their video Adviser Adds Value Research illustrates what EDVOA are achieving and if you want to dig deeper look at the impressive research behind the numbers.
So, returning to comments received from clients:
“Your help to me over the years has been invaluable” Cathryn
We might still not yet be able to put a monetary value on the happiness or the peace of mind that we provide to our clients, but we will work on it!
Note: These figures are illustrative of potential returns and potential benefits and they are for illustration only. In practice the actual figures could be lower or higher than those given in this example.