Making Smart Investment Decisions in a Post-COVID World

Two of Symvan's investment managers, Kealan Doyle & Nicholas Nicolaides, discuss asset allocation investment decisions.

Some of the themes that will be covered include:

• The Future is Now - Why investors should favour EIS over VCT
• How do you choose the best investment manager in the current climate?
• The impact of fund management fees
• The lessons of history - Dotcom and 2008 Financial Crisis
• How much failure will COVID-19 cause in current VC portfolios?
• How portfolio companies are coping with COVID-19

Reasons to Invest in (S)EIS

• 30-50% Income Tax Relief / Rebate
• Defer Capital Gains Tax (CGT) for the lifetime of your investment
• Reclaim any CGT paid within the last 36 months
• High Growth Investment Target (Target Return 2.85X)
• Capital Gains Exempt
• Inheritance Tax (IHT) exempt after 2 years

The webinar will be followed by Q&A. Please submit any questions you would like to be addressed at the point of registration. There will also be an opportunity to submit questions during the webinar.

This webinar and the associated presentation is directed only at persons in the UK and is not an offer or invitation to buy or sell securities.
Webinar Speakers

Kealan Doyle (Investment Director @Symvan Capital)
Kealan is CEO and co-founder of Symvan Capital. He has worked with venture capital companies for over 15 years, both in a corporate finance advisory capacity as well as a fund manager. He prefers to invest in a wide range of technology companies, but is also very interested in finding synergies within the Symvan portfolio of companies. Before his involvement in venture capital investing, Kealan previously lead a structured equity products team at HSBC, and has worked at Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch and UBS. Kealan holds degrees from the London School of Economics and the University of Toronto.

Nicholas Nicolaides (Investment Director @Symvan Capital)
Nicholas is a Director and co-founder of Symvan Capital. His early capital markets experience at Paribas seeded his involvement in the sector, working on numerous technology transactions including the IPO for Autonomy Corporation Plc. Recent experience involves working with and investing in early stage technology SMEs. Prior to setting up his own VC businesses, Nicholas worked with AiM brokers and the ECM team at Lehman Brothers, focussing on European Telecom & Media. Prior to that he worked in the TMT Corporate Finance and European Equity Capital Markets teams at BNP Paribas. Nicholas gained a BSc (Hons) in Statistics & Economics from UCL and in a MBA from Imperial College Management School.

Jas Ahuja (Director @London Financial Consultants)
Jas Ahuja is an award winning IFA & the Director of London Financial Consultants Ltd – IFA Practice AR of New Leaf Distribution. Jas specialises in Investments, Pensions and Inheritance Tax Planning. Prior brings experience from Barclays Wealth and Throgmorton Private Capital.