Altor Wealth Management

Altor Wealth Management We are a financial planning and investment advice partnership, looking after families and their money for a fixed monthly fee.

In 18th-century Britain, life insurance briefly became a form of gambling on strangers’ deaths. The Life Assurance Act o...
03/09/2026

In 18th-century Britain, life insurance briefly became a form of gambling on strangers’ deaths. The Life Assurance Act of 1774 put a stop to it, establishing insurable interest: you can only insure a life if you would genuinely suffer a loss when it ends. A remarkably sensible rule that still underpins life insurance today.

Read more in our latest blog 👇
https://altorwealth.com/2026/09/03/the-one-policy-you-hope-never-pays-out/

02/09/2026

SoapBox Ep 06 - The Institutionalised Mindset Trapping Financial Advisers

Many financial advisers never get shown what’s possible outside large national firms. This conversation explores the institutional mindset that keeps advisers playing small, despite far bigger opportunities beyond the corporate system.

Watch the full episode here 👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9vUdRdsqd4

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Spare a thought for the guppy. It lives, at best, a couple of years, most of them spent trying very hard not to be eaten...
01/09/2026

Spare a thought for the guppy. It lives, at best, a couple of years, most of them spent trying very hard not to be eaten. And in that short window it has to make sense of the entire world. Its idea of what’s normal, what’s dangerous, what’s likely to happen next, is assembled from a two-year sample and nothing more...

Read more in our latest blog 👇
https://altorwealth.com/2026/09/01/guppy-or-greenland-shark/

In 1947, copywriter Frances Gerety was struggling to create a slogan for a diamond company when four words suddenly came...
27/08/2026

In 1947, copywriter Frances Gerety was struggling to create a slogan for a diamond company when four words suddenly came to her: “A Diamond Is Forever.” She scribbled them down before bed, unaware they would become one of advertising’s most enduring slogans.

Read more in our latest blog here👇
https://altorwealth.com/2026/08/27/a-diamond-is-forever-and-other-fictions/

26/08/2026

SoapBox Ep 06 - Why We're Judging Financial Advisers All Wrong

Not all financial advisers — or clients — are the same. This short discussion explores why blanket assumptions about the profession often miss the complexity, diversity, and nuance within modern financial planning.

Watch the full episode here 👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9vUdRdsqd4

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For thirty years, psychologist Ulric Neisser vividly remembered hearing the news of Pearl Harbor during a baseball game....
25/08/2026

For thirty years, psychologist Ulric Neisser vividly remembered hearing the news of Pearl Harbor during a baseball game. There was just one problem: it was December, and there were no baseball games. The memory was, in every detail he could check, false. And he had believed it, completely and vividly, for three decades.

Read more in our latest blog 👇
https://altorwealth.com/2026/08/25/the-baseball-game-that-never-happened/

20/08/2026

SoapBox Ep 05 - Factor Investing - Worth the Wait

Factor investing isn’t about quick wins-it’s about patience, discipline, and a long-term mindset.

In this video, we explore why investors need to be willing to wait-sometimes decades-to fully realise the benefits of factor-based strategies. While simply holding the market is already a strong approach, factor investing introduces the potential for outperformance over time…but not without periods of underperformance.

Watch the full episode here 👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfdmvXkvo0g

I overheard a conversation on a train that highlighted a common misunderstanding about the State Pension: today’s pensio...
19/08/2026

I overheard a conversation on a train that highlighted a common misunderstanding about the State Pension: today’s pensioners aren’t simply receiving back the money they paid in. Their contributions largely funded the pensions of the generation before them, while today’s workers fund theirs. And when my children eventually reach working age, they’ll be funding mine—assuming the State Pension still exists.

Read more in our latest blog 👇
https://altorwealth.com/2026/08/19/stamping-the-card/

Here is a sentence I did not expect to write in a financial planning blog. There is a British start-up whose stated aim ...
06/08/2026

Here is a sentence I did not expect to write in a financial planning blog. There is a British start-up whose stated aim is to predict the future, and it appears to be rather good at it. The company is called Cassi and it was co-founded by Dr Keith Dear. Their product is an AI system that forecasts how uncertain events will turn out, and attaches a probability to each.

Read more our latest blog here 👇
https://altorwealth.com/2026/08/06/the-machine-that-predicts-the-future/

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