Retirement planning specialist Chris Haigh has joined national financial advice firm Continuum as a Chartered Financial Planner.
Chris Haigh will be based in North London and has been advising clients working towards retirement for over 25 years.
He joins Continuum from DGS Chartered Financial Planners in St Albans, where he was a Chartered Financial Planner for 11 years.
Chris achieved Chartered Financial Planner status in 2010.
He primarily works with individuals and couples around 55 years old and older, helping them to think about what retirement means for them and how they can achieve what they want for their later life.
He also frequently works with clients starting to look at options for estate planning, IHT mitigation and tax planning.
He chose to join the Continuum partnership due to offering the benefit of independence whilst also receiving support to take care of his business.
Chris Haigh said: “Continuum are a professional and well structured company, transparent in their approach, and most importantly, independent.
“As a financial professional I can see that they put the client at the centre of everything they do. Their core values are aligned with my own, and this transition will allow me to continue delivering outstanding service to my clients.
“I can give honest advice and focus on the products and services that mean the most suitable outcome for clients. That’s obviously better for clients – and also more professionally satisfying for me. Continuum has administrative and compliance teams, an online portal, and weekly education information – all designed to help me do more for clients and support my relationship with them.
“It means having the support to take care of some of the routine tasks, giving me more time to focus on relationships with clients.”
Martin Brown, Managing Partner at Continuum, welcomed Chris to the team. He said that Chris’ specialist retirement planning knowledge will help the partnership to continue to achieve better outcomes for clients.
He said: “We are determined to provide the very best in financial advice for people at all stages of life – and for many people the most important stage of all is their retirement.
“Chris, with his specialist knowledge of retirement solutions ensures that we can provide an expert service that will mean even better outcomes for the people who come to us with questions about retirement.
“He will be helping us to help more people make the right decisions for retirement and beyond.”
Chris is the second Chartered Financial Planner to join the IFA partnership this month as the team continues to expand.
In the first quarter Continuum saw a 14% rise (year-on-year) in adviser numbers, with the firm having 72 advisers across the UK as at 31 March 2024.
