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Pensions – to invest or not to invest – that is the question?
By Martin Haines,
5 October 2009
I noticed an article published recently inferring that many dentists are over funding their pensions, it went on to suggest that other forms of investment i.e. ISA’s, Investment Trusts, etc, are perfectly good alternatives to provide for your retirement. Let’s stop for a moment and think about that. Excuses to stop funding pensions are useful to some people because they think they are unable to afford them or don’t believe in them, but those of us who don’t want to take unnecessary risks with our retirement income should beware.
Effects of the recession on the dental profession
By Martin Haines,
22nd July 2009
I was having a conversation recently with an acquaintance about the likely effects of the current recession on the dental profession as a whole. That lead on to a discussion as to which practice we considered might be more at risk in the current climate and then what actions could be taken by all of us to ensure that we minimise the downside in an extremely difficult year, possibly the worst the world economies have know since the 1930’s.
DFA launch ‘new look’ website
By Martin Haines,
10 July 2009
Welcome to our ‘new look’ website designed to give you information about our range of financial advisory services exclusively for the dental sector. We hope you enjoy browsing through our website and welcome any feedback/comments that you may have.


