Sterling dropped to a 31-year low, the FTSE 250 - a bellwether index for the domestic economy - lost 7.9 per cent of its value the day the vote was announced.

Nine property funds from seven property fund managers suspended trading and according to Zoopla, the writer of this guide (Simoney Kyriakou’s) house price dropped £40,000 in nominal value from 23 June to 10 July.

Yet despite this immediate jolt, most markets bounced back within a couple of weeks.

While data shows the UK economy has been resilient so far, there are some headwinds.

This guide aims to cover Brexit’s potential effect on: property and property funds; gilt yields and pension planning; investment portfolios; cash holdings; and, last but not least, taxation. This guide will deliver what you need to know to handle Brexit bemused clients.

Contributors to this guide: Martin Bamford, chartered financial planner for Informed Choice; Danny Cox, chartered financial planner at Hargreaves Lansdown; Tom McPhail, head of retirement policy for Hargreaves Lansdown; Alan Mellor, managing director of Philip Bates & Co Financial Services; Anna Bowes, director of SavingsChampion; George Bull, senior tax partner for RSM UK; Noland Carter, chief investment officer at Heartwood Investment Management; Jeremy Duncombe, director, Legal & General Mortgage Club; Martin Ellis, chief economist for Halifax; Jonathan Hopper, managing director of Garrington Property Finders; Nigel Green, chief executive of the deVere Group; Michael Lally, director of Thesis Asset Management; Peter Michaelis, head of investments at Alliance Trust Investments; Charles Owen, founder of CoInvestor; Christopher Woolard, director of strategy and competition at the FCA; Marina Cremonese, a vice-president at Moody’s; Ron Walker, managing director of Clarion Wealth Planning; Patrick Armstrong, chief investment officer for Plurimi Wealth; Kieron Launder, head of investment strategy at Cazenove Capital; Richard Carter, fixed income specialist at Quilter Cheviot; Alex Scott, deputy chief investment officer at Seven Investment Management; and Lee Goggin, co-founder of FindaWealthmanager.com.

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