Finding a balance between funding and being fair on future generations of taxpayers
Will you be one of the millions of workers that will have to work an extra year before retiring after the Government announced that it would be extending the retirement age to 68? New plans announced in July this year mean that the rise in the State Pension age to 68 will now happen in 2039, affecting people born between 6 April 1970 and 5 April 1978. Continue reading “State Pension age rise brought forward”
How to fund a fulfilling life beyond our working years
Healthier lifestyles and medical advances mean that many of us can expect to enjoy longer lifespans than previous generations. However, this creates a significant challenge both for society as a whole and for us all as individuals – how to fund a fulfilling life beyond our working years. Continue reading “Long-term investing”
How certain innate behavioural traits influence our decision-making
With historic ultra-low interest rates on savings, many investors over the past decade have turned to income-paying funds as an alternative to cash-based savings. Changing life plans and priorities mean we now encounter varying income needs and goals throughout our life and, when investing, certain innate behavioural traits will influence our decision-making. For many people seeking to generate income from savings, the years since the financial crisis in 2008 have been a major challenge. Continue reading “Investing for income”
Consumers lost £130 million by sticking with the same pension provider in 2016
New research finds consumers could be missing out on thousands of pounds in retirement by not shopping around for their pension product. This means their pension pot may not stretch as far as they hope it will, yet a significant proportion of people expect their retirement income to cover much more than just the essentials. Continue reading “Shopping around for a better deal”
Taking advice early and developing a personal financial plan is crucial to meeting long-term goals
Succession planning may be one of the most challenging experiences facing any leader, especially an entrepreneurial business person who has built a family business from scratch, so it is crucial to get right. For a family business, transition is a once-in-a-lifetime decision. Perhaps no challenge has as much potential to exacerbate the special stresses – or, conversely, highlight the special advantages – of operating a family business. Continue reading “Family succession planning”
Managing your pension savings effectively and efficiently from a single pot
If you’ve worked for two or three different employers, it’s possible you could have a workplace pension from each of them. You might also have set up a personal pension, so they can add up quickly. Continue reading “Long-forgotten plans”
How much time do you spend planning for retirement?
The 2015 pension freedoms gave us greater flexibility over our retirement options, but the reforms have also made retirement choices much more complex. This means we need to start thinking about our retirement earlier. However, half (50%) of respondents aged 45–54 to a LV= consumer survey[1] didn’t think about retirement at all last year. Continue reading “Retirement choices”
Reducing the sudden ups and downs of investment over the long term
The summer months are usually the only time when we think about different currencies and their values as we consider what money to take on our holidays. Where should we get our euros or dollars? How much will we need? Should we purchase travellers cheques, cash, a pre-paid card or a combination of each? Continue reading “Currency fluctuations”
Almost three quarters of employees expect to work beyond the traditional retirement age
The proportion of UK employees who say they will work beyond the age of 65 is at an all-time high. The findings from Canada Life identified that almost three quarters (73%) of employees expect to work beyond the traditional retirement age, up from 67% in 2016 and 61% in 2015. Continue reading “Working 9 to 5”
Awareness and understanding amongst the public still remains low
6 April 2017 marked the anniversary of both the new State Pension and the new pension freedoms. These major overhauls have revolutionised the UK pensions landscape, but research from Aviva[1] suggests work to improve pension saving is far from done as awareness and understanding amongst the public still remains low. In particular, millions of young people under the age of 35 are still oblivious to the changes that will shape their retirement futures more than any other generation before them. Continue reading “Pensions revolution”
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