Holborn Assets Reviews 2,594

I entrusted Holborn Assets with my savings after their advisors enthusiastically recommended these “amazing” loan-note investment opportunities offered by Godwin and Empire. These were presented to me as low-risk investments, backed by the supposedly “stellar” track record of the companies involved.

Unfortunately, the reality was very different. Empire went bankrupt last year, and now Godwin has followed suit—despite a creditor vote to defer payments for 12 months. Insolvency proceedings are now underway for both companies, and the likelihood of recovering our funds appears slim.

After raising my concerns with Holborn’s Client Relations team, I was met with complete denial of responsibility. Holborn claims to act merely as an “introducer,” washing their hands of any accountability.

I am deeply disappointed by the lack of proper due diligence, risk assessment, and transparency from Holborn prior to recommending these products. In my experience, Holborn simply failed to protect its clients’ interests.
Do not trust them with your money!

Matthew Theron is a well-organized, knowledgeable professional and I am looking forward to a long-beneficial association with Holborn .

The company and the adviser simplify the complexity of the process very well. However, the overall process takes too long and should be expedited. Reviewing forms and documents shouldn’t take this much time.

Frequent communication, friendly engagement, informative market updates on 6 monthly basis, prompt response on requests.

Great Service, Amazing Follow-up, Flexibility in Investments. A big thank you for Mr. Zahi for his professionalism, enthusiasm and respect for the client.

the interaction with the agent Guillermo Martorell

getting always clear and prompt information in order to be able to make the right decision

Tamsyn Nixon, from Holborn Assets, has been my FInancial Advisor/Wealth Manager since May 2024. My particular situation has been extremely complicated and complex and Tamsyn has expertly guided me through the challenges that I faced with banking and government bureaucracies, rules, restrictions, regulations, etc. She has recommended and liaised with other professionals such as accountants, lawyers, tax experts, etc. to devise the most appropriate financial plan for my particular circumstances. Equally important has been her tenacity in following up with the timely & efficient implementation of the plan. Tamsyn has been very kind, courteous, understanding and empathetic in all her interactions with me (both face to face & via phone, webinars, emails, etc.). Tamsyn has been the best FInancial Advisor/Wealth Manager that I have dealt with in 2 countries during the last 45 years. I highly recommend Tamsyn to those who are looking for honest and technically excellent financial & wealth management advice and planning.
John Welch
B.Bibl.
B.A. (Psychology)
Hons. B.Bibl.
M.B.A.

It has been good so far but the process only just started

Coming to Africa and meet you live to me was a great privilege and honour. Meeting Sister Kiera and Brother Steve made me feel accepted and loved so much to work with Hesborn Assets.
May Hesborn Assets team consider my will and eagerness to work in USA.

With Regards
Jackson Kilonzo

The sign up process though detailed was systematic and help by the team is well appreciated.

Its giving people a lot of Hope to work
Abroad.
I request is that, the period of 3 yes is
Like forever. It needs to be improved to 1 year,if possible.
The charges are very pricy can the
Holborasset facilitate,
Then recover from the employment.

Easy, simple, straightforward & efficient.

Onboarding was great. My support was excellent. She guided me well and kept me informed throughout the process.

Very communicative and well structured advices.
On time and advices where valuable and explanatory. After a long time I’m satisfied with my advices and instructions.

We have really enjoyed working with Keren Bobker. It's refreshing to connect with an industry professional who has the client's interest at heart.
It's really important to us to make the right financial decisions both now and in the future, we feel that Keren is the right person to guide us on our planning journey

The help and advice from Keren Bobker has been invaluable. She has helped us put systems into place for our future.

Harsha Bhoola, was great in ensuring that I think different about investment structure, the session was insightful and will keep recommending more people her way.

In recent months, My communications with Holborn has improved greatly, this is all thanks to Sahqub Ali, (Ali) my new allocated advisor, he has been updating me on my portfolio, and my options with my investment.
Ali has conducted several briefings with me via TEAMS meetings online and has been able to advise me and give me a better insight into my portfolio.
Ali has also laid out options which are more beneficial to me at this time.
I really appreciate the effort he has put into making me understand my investment better, and also the work he has done on making available the options he has given me to choose from.

Sadly, I can't give zero stars. Consolidated 3 pension pots into a QROPS retirement benefits Scheme when I was an Expat. Holborn broker approached me (more like targeted). Later found out that this was a common sales approach. Initially I wasn't particularly interested, but thought it would be a good idea to combine these into a cautious/low risk plan and just let it tick over for a few years. Checked once or twice in the first couple of years and was a bit shocked at the poor performance. Stuck in a 10 year plan - so no cost effective way out, as it turned out. Figured it still had a chance and it might start to pick up. Largely took my eye off the ball thereafter. I was never contacted by anyone once the plan was up and running, until recently, when the adviser contacted me for a "review". This was the first contact in over 9 years. At this point, I checked the progress only to find that the initial investment was half of the original value. I downloaded and reviewed the numbers. Numbers showed that most of the "lost" cash was regular & high fees for management (yeah right!) and adminstration (none) and other unspecified fees. In addition, the plan itself never made a penny in nearly 10 years (it actually lost money). It has really felt like a scam and I feel like a fool for having trusted this awful organisation with my hard earned cash. It appears they are not answerable to the UK financial regulators, so no hope of taking them to task. They have, in effect, just regularly helped themselves to my cash and made ZERO effort to manage anything. The Adviser was not able to provide any performance data or explanation for the poor performance or provide any insight of who was getting some of these fees. Now the Adviser has dropped off the radar. I would say it was from shame, except I don't think this organisation has any.
Worst financial decision I ever made.