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Leading Finance Expert Leads MGI Firm’s Seminar

A member firm of global accountancy association MGI has welcomed leading market commentator Justin Urquhart Stewart as the host of a seminar exploring the current unsettled economic climate and how investors can best weather the storms.

Seymour Taylor, in High Wycombe, staged the seminar earlier this month in conjunction with independent financial advisers Financial Management Bureau (FMB), which works with the firm to provide comprehensive financial planning services to its clients.

Justin, whose distinguished financial career includes founding Broker Services, later to become Barclays Stockbrokers, in 1986 and co-founding Seven Investment Management in 2001, is a regular commentator on the state of the markets on TV, radio and in the press. In the current economic turbulence, he advises: “The most important thing is to remember investments are investments – not short-term punts.

“Don’t just invest in stocks and shares, but build a broad portfolio – and don’t put all investments in the same sector or the stock market alone. If you are planning to invest, don’t…invest in planning!”

Seymour Taylor senior partner Bill Johnston said: “As a firm of chartered accountants, we are just as aware that as well as the services we offer, our clients are also in need of proper financial planning, whether it be for their own personal finances or as a business looking to protect themselves or their employees. FMB will offer the same level of services to our clients as we do ourselves.”

Paul Winder, chief executive officer for MGI UK and Ireland, added: “As an accountancy organisation whose member firms build strong relationships with their clients, we are committed to supporting our business and private clients in every possible way, particularly in these difficult times, both through our own services and advice and by adding value by drawing on the skills and experience of experts like Justin.”

MGI is a worldwide association of independent auditing, accounting and consulting firms.  Established in 1947, MGI includes more than 260 member firms in 77 countries.