Retirement is a time for you to do the things you've always wanted. When considering your retirement income needs, you need to consider the types of events you would like to happen once you've retired that may impact your budget. Thinking about these early could help you when you're deciding the best way to take [...]
EVEN IF RETIREMENT ISN’T FAR AWAY, THERE ARE STEPS YOU COULD TAKE TO INCREASE YOUR EVENTUAL RETIREMENT INCOME. THIS APPLIES BOTH TO YOUR STATE PENSION ENTITLEMENT AS WELL AS TO ANY PERSONAL OR WORKPLACE PENSION POTS. We’ve provided some areas to consider that you may wish to discuss with us to help you to meet [...]
Making sure you have enough money in retirement to enable you to spend your time the way you want to, doing those things you always intended to do, is likely to be at the heart of planning for your retirement. DON’T KNOW WHERE TO START We are all living longer, the State Pension Age is increasing and pensions legislation [...]
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 of respondents aged 45-54 to an LV consumer survey didn't think about retirement at all last year. Given the [...]
Retirement is undoubtedly a thought-provoking time anyway, but Britain’s exit from the EU appears to have added to the difficulties of retirement planning too, causing many with existing retirement plans to action changes. Findings from LV=* research has revealed that, of those approaching retirement, more than one in four (27%) have changed their retirement plans [...]
Once you’ve decided to start saving for retirement, you need to choose how to do so. Pensions have many important advantages that will make your savings grow more rapidly than might otherwise be the case.
Are you thinking about retiring but aren’t sure where to begin with your plans? This checklist offers some tips on what things you should consider before taking the plunge to retirement.
Many business owners and senior executives spend a lifetime working hard in their business but rarely to take a step back to ask themselves why? What is it all for?
Funding a comfortable retirement will be the biggest financial priority for many people, yet some people spend more time planning their holiday than their own retirement – perhaps because planning for retirement seems too complicated to think about? We know that we want an active, comfortable retirement but often don’t know where to start the [...]
