Welcome to Emerald Associates
Over the last 20 years, Emerald Associates has specialised in offering expert advice in a wide range of important areas including investment planning, Inheritance Tax planning, retirement planning and protection.
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We provide a wide range of services whether you are looking to build, grow, protect or preserve your wealth.
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We build personal, long-term relationships – putting you at the heart of everything we do. Learn more about our knowledge and experience.
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Testimonials
It is with gratitude that I would like to put on record the excellent service that I have received from Dakkan on my personal pension. The advice Dakkan provided is simple and easy to understand and he is always friendly and helpful. He broke down my existing pension benefits and showed the perfo...
I knew very little about financial matters prior to working with Garth. I found myself with a lump sum after retirement and hoped that I could use it to make an income for myself. Garth talked me through low, medium and high risk investments and I came to the conclusion that I was mainly a medi...
Garth Thompson is a gentleman I have known for nearly five years in his profession as financial adviser. He consistently offers sound, appropriate advice, always considering his clients’ circumstances and attitude towards risk. He is prepared to give an abundance of time discussing, exploring a...
Garth has made us think differently about money. He took time to get to know us and our wants and needs and has never pushed us before we were certain. His advice has always been sound and our money is working for us and our successors, not the tax man. We now approach the future with confidenc...
Stuart has always put my interests and requirement first giving sound and trustworthy advice. His service and support has been exceptional. He met and went beyond my requirements. I would recommend him to anyone.
Since Garth Thompson began to manage my financial affairs in 2010, I have felt that an excellent partnership has developed between us. I appreciate and act upon his sound advice, knowing that he would put my interests first. I have complete faith and trust in Garth as he, and his team, continue to k...
Hugh Butler at St. James's Place was really helpful when setting up my ISA, he explained all the different options without using jargon. I have also recommended Hugh to my clients and they have been impressed by his knowledge and name.
My wife & I have been advised by Hugh Butler for five years and he has always been thorough, patient, & professional in reviewing our financial affairs, commenting on our questions & concerns, & making recommendations for our ongoing portfolio management. This is backed up by on...
Having been recommended to me when I was looking advice on investments and transfer of pension funds, I have found Hugh Butler to be trustworthy and professional in the advice he has provided. The service and support by Hugh and his team at St. James's Place has been exceptional and has always ...
Stuart has provided me with excellent service and advice. He has answered all the queries I have had in a very prompt manner and nothing is too much trouble. I have and would recommend Stuart for financial advice.
Garth has help me with retirement and investment planning over the past 8 years. Previous investments have shown little to no growth and now that its being managed by professionals it has grown. He takes the time to explain things in plain English rather than financial jargon. I have seen growth in ...
Past performance is not indicative of future performance.
The value of an investment with St. James's Place will be directly linked to the performance of the funds you select and the value can therefore go down as well as up. You may get back less than you invested.
Garth listens. He is empathetic and extremely knowledgeable. His calm and professional manner enabled us to discuss my investments and decide what was working and what could be improved. He understood my objectives and worked with me to create a portfolio which will deliver. With his guidance I was ...
After previous experience financial advisers (most of whom I have met had less knowledge than me on investments !!) and years of bad reports, I like most, was very unsure about making a commitment of my hard earned investments to persons unknown and tended to allow things to meander along making cha...
Having given up teaching and the pension that goes with it several years ago it had been playing on my mind that I needed to put a decent pension in place. I asked Dakkan to help me with this and he arranged an appointment quickly, at a time which suited me. He explained everything clearly to me,...
Pete has been very thorough from day 1 regarding the nature of my investment and what my expectations should be. He has examined the different options available to me and selected the right approach for my circumstances. Pete is punctual and I trust his advice absolutely. It has been a really pos...
Matt is thorough, available, helpful and always follows up on his promises. He explained everything thoroughly including the risks. Very easy to work with.
It is with gratitude that I would like to put on record the excellent service that I have received from Dakkan on my personal pension. The advice Dakkan provided is simple and easy to understand and he is always friendly and helpful. He broke down my existing pension benefits and showed the perfo...
I knew very little about financial matters prior to working with Garth. I found myself with a lump sum after retirement and hoped that I could use it to make an income for myself. Garth talked me through low, medium and high risk investments and I came to the conclusion that I was mainly a medi...
Garth Thompson is a gentleman I have known for nearly five years in his profession as financial adviser. He consistently offers sound, appropriate advice, always considering his clients’ circumstances and attitude towards risk. He is prepared to give an abundance of time discussing, exploring a...
Garth has made us think differently about money. He took time to get to know us and our wants and needs and has never pushed us before we were certain. His advice has always been sound and our money is working for us and our successors, not the tax man. We now approach the future with confidenc...
Stuart has always put my interests and requirement first giving sound and trustworthy advice. His service and support has been exceptional. He met and went beyond my requirements. I would recommend him to anyone.
Since Garth Thompson began to manage my financial affairs in 2010, I have felt that an excellent partnership has developed between us. I appreciate and act upon his sound advice, knowing that he would put my interests first. I have complete faith and trust in Garth as he, and his team, continue to k...
Hugh Butler at St. James's Place was really helpful when setting up my ISA, he explained all the different options without using jargon. I have also recommended Hugh to my clients and they have been impressed by his knowledge and name.
My wife & I have been advised by Hugh Butler for five years and he has always been thorough, patient, & professional in reviewing our financial affairs, commenting on our questions & concerns, & making recommendations for our ongoing portfolio management. This is backed up by on...
Having been recommended to me when I was looking advice on investments and transfer of pension funds, I have found Hugh Butler to be trustworthy and professional in the advice he has provided. The service and support by Hugh and his team at St. James's Place has been exceptional and has always ...
Stuart has provided me with excellent service and advice. He has answered all the queries I have had in a very prompt manner and nothing is too much trouble. I have and would recommend Stuart for financial advice.
Garth has help me with retirement and investment planning over the past 8 years. Previous investments have shown little to no growth and now that its being managed by professionals it has grown. He takes the time to explain things in plain English rather than financial jargon. I have seen growth in ...
Past performance is not indicative of future performance.
The value of an investment with St. James's Place will be directly linked to the performance of the funds you select and the value can therefore go down as well as up. You may get back less than you invested.
Garth listens. He is empathetic and extremely knowledgeable. His calm and professional manner enabled us to discuss my investments and decide what was working and what could be improved. He understood my objectives and worked with me to create a portfolio which will deliver. With his guidance I was ...
After previous experience financial advisers (most of whom I have met had less knowledge than me on investments !!) and years of bad reports, I like most, was very unsure about making a commitment of my hard earned investments to persons unknown and tended to allow things to meander along making cha...
Having given up teaching and the pension that goes with it several years ago it had been playing on my mind that I needed to put a decent pension in place. I asked Dakkan to help me with this and he arranged an appointment quickly, at a time which suited me. He explained everything clearly to me,...
Pete has been very thorough from day 1 regarding the nature of my investment and what my expectations should be. He has examined the different options available to me and selected the right approach for my circumstances. Pete is punctual and I trust his advice absolutely. It has been a really pos...
Matt is thorough, available, helpful and always follows up on his promises. He explained everything thoroughly including the risks. Very easy to work with.
It is with gratitude that I would like to put on record the excellent service that I have received from Dakkan on my personal pension. The advice Dakkan provided is simple and easy to understand and he is always friendly and helpful. He broke down my existing pension benefits and showed the perfo...
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The Partner Practice is an Appointed Representative of and represents only St. James's Place Wealth Management plc (which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority) for the purpose of advising solely on the Group’s wealth management products and services, more details of which are set out on the Group’s website www.sjp.co.uk/products. The ‘St. James's Place Partnership’ and the titles ‘Partner’ and ‘Partner Practice’ are marketing terms used to describe St. James's Place representatives.
