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'Offering evening appointments helped me attract clients'

What do you see as being issues coming up in financial advice? 

A key focus for Tyson in the coming years is what he called a growing inheritance tax problem as well as people coming to the end of the terms of interest only mortgages. 

He said: “We have a  growing inheritance tax problem. In the London area especially it is very easy to go through the £500,000 band. 

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“Another big problem which is likely to be coming over the next five to 10 years is the pre-2008 interest only loans.

“These terms are coming to an end and there will be challenges in many cases.”

Tyson said he has recently had a handful of enquiries relating to this topic. 

He added: “If clients haven’t got enough income it puts them in a really difficult position and they tend to sell their homes. 

More broadly, Tyson thinks more can be done to attract more younger advisers into the profession. 

He added: “Generally speaking, advisers tend to be in their 50s. 

“There doesn't seem to be as many bank roles these days and I think that is where we may have lost some of the younger people coming in. 

“I fell into the profession after studying literature at Goldsmiths University and I think there is probably a lack of awareness of advisers in general among younger people.”

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