Our Team of Experts
Our directors come from diverse professional backgrounds and offer an extensive skills base
Nick Leech
Director
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“I have a real sense that Nestor have my best interests at heart, as well as helping me manage my finances. I know they’re only a phone call away and we have a close working relationship, despite them being at the other end of the country.” – Mr L Prior
Nick Martin
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“The team at Nestor, led by Nick Martin, do a brilliant job in ensuring that my portfolio of investments is effectively managed to provide both growth and income at a level of risk that I selected. The key fact is that I feel secure leaving my financial future in their hands.” – Adrian.
Ryan Lewis
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“I have referred clients to Ryan and have received excellent feedback from them as to his effectiveness and approachability. I continue to refer as and when I can safely in the knowledge that they will be well looked after.” – Paula Bridge
Jennifer Stone
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“I have been a PI trustee client of Nestor for 11 years. I consider that during that time I have received excellent financial advice tailored to the risks that I was prepared to take. Its support has been thoughtful, well-considered, open and honest…” – Chris Hole
Andrew Sands
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“Knowing the team at Nestor are taking care of the big investment decisions for us gives us real peace of mind. We feel very safe in their hands. And surprisingly, for financial experts, they are great fun and very caring – unbelievable but true.” – Mags Walker
Brent Ridings
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“…very approachable, easy to contact and provides timely advice. I have no hesitation in recommending his cost-effective and very professional service.” – Barbara Woodbridge
Peter Rhodes
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“The help I received was second to none as they were so helpful in my case with making sure that all the information I gave was correct…” – Matthew Foster
RT @scilorg The rate of interest in the Special Account reduces from 0.5% to 0.1% from 1st June 2020, so check your schedules of loss.
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Uncertainty and Caution… Our last note was a number of weeks ago toward the end of March and whilst we’ve been busy advising, researching, analysing & sense checking for any blind spots in financial plans and portfolio strategies we’ve also adhered to our principle that if we don’t have anything additive to say we don’t […]
Nestor Investment Update – June 2020
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On the back of extraordinary moves in markets over the past few weeks, we have seen several clients get in touch to discuss their investments. The Nestor Investment Committee are pleased to provide this Q&A which aims to cover some of the key points clients are concerned about and offer some thoughts on the outlook […]
Covid-19 and the Investment Markets: Questions & Answers
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We are all fully aware of the significant impact that the spread of Coronavirus is having on normal life throughout the UK and globally. This is set to continue for the next few weeks at least. At Nestor, we have been following events and the fast moving news. As a business, the well-being of our […]
Covid 19 – Contingency Plan Update from Nestor Financial Group Ltd
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Coronavirus and its ongoing spread has clearly dominated sentiment and markets over the past few weeks and, beyond the considerable human cost, economists and other ‘experts’ are busy trying to predict the likely economic fallout. The chart below (from Alpine Macro and Charles Schwab) highlights when those episodes occurred in relation to global equity market […]
COVID-19 investment impact and pandemic fears
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Universal Credit was introduced back in 2013 with the aim of simplifying the welfare system by replacing six existing legacy benefits with one benefit, to be paid monthly in arrears. Unlike Income Support, Employment & Support Allowance and Jobseekers Allowance, Universal Credit can be paid regardless of the number of hours being worked, as payment […]
Universal Credit – Managed Migration, an update………………..
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The new ASHE dataset was published by the Office for National Statistics on 29 October 2019. For periodical payments agreed or awarded since the Thompstone group of cases, this dataset will dictate the level of claimants’ periodical payments for the next year. The hourly rates applicable to ASHE 6115, the Standard Occupational Codes relevant in […]
ASHE Update – October 2019
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Personal Injury Trust Case Study
Jenny was injured in 2010. When her claim was settled in 2015 for £30,000 by way of compromise, Jenny had no savings and was receiving £100 per week income support, £50 per week housing benefit, and £15 per week council tax benefit. Her damages would fall to be assessed as capital 52 weeks after first […]