Tag: retirement

Your experience is not behind you. It is your most valuable asset.

Introducing Get ICE: I Continue Earning There is a familiar script for later life. Work hard, save enough, reach a certain age, and stop earning. For many people, that script no longer fits. Some want to keep contributing. Some need more income than their savings will provide. Many feel both things at once. Yet the … Continue reading Your experience is not behind you. It is your most valuable asset. →

Wake Up, Consumers: Stop Sleepwalking Through Your Financial Future

What if financial planning started with your life, rather than your investments? I recently joined Kevin Whelan on the WealthBuilders WealthTalk podcast for a conversation about something much bigger than pensions, investments or financial products. It was about who should ultimately be in control of your financial life. The answer sounds obvious. You should. Yet … Continue reading Wake Up, Consumers: Stop Sleepwalking Through Your Financial Future →

Longer Lives Need Better Navigation — Not Longer Dependency

Where do you think helpful financial support crosses the line into dependency? We extended life. But we did not redesign financial planning around it. That is the central argument in Simon Chan’s recent article on how longer lives are changing what people need from financial advisers. It is an important argument, and much of it … Continue reading Longer Lives Need Better Navigation — Not Longer Dependency →

Agency Story No. 2: The Couple Who Came Back When the Decision Changed

Rachel and David did not need someone permanently managing their financial lives. They needed a way to explore retirement for themselves, followed by focused human support when the remaining decisions became more complex. Names and certain identifying details have been changed to protect client confidentiality. The underlying circumstances, planning process and client quotations remain faithful … Continue reading Agency Story No. 2: The Couple Who Came Back When the Decision Changed →

Only 9% Are on Course for a Comfortable Retirement. The Real Problem Is Not Just Pension Saving.

A newspaper headline this week captured something many people already feel in their bones: Only 9% of the working population are on course for a comfortable retirement. Another headline put the figure even more starkly: The £1.2m cost of a comfortable retirement in Britain today. The story is familiar. People are living longer. The cost … Continue reading Only 9% Are on Course for a Comfortable Retirement. The Real Problem Is Not Just Pension Saving. →

2.2 Million People Think Pension Engagement Is Pointless. That Should Worry Us All.

Ask My Pension is now in free beta at AskMyPension.app — built to help people ask clearer pension questions before they give up. A new report from People’s Pension should give everyone in financial planning pause. According to research reported by Zoe Wickens, one in eight employees — around 2.2 million people — say it … Continue reading 2.2 Million People Think Pension Engagement Is Pointless. That Should Worry Us All. →

The Missing Asset in Britain’s Retirement Debate

Why Financial Planners Must Start Planning Human Capital — Not Just Pension Pots The Pensions Commission has warned, in the Pensions 2050: evidence and future priorities – interim report, that 15 million people are on course for inadequate retirement incomes. The proposed solutions will sound familiar: higher pension contributions, wider automatic enrolment, stronger retirement safeguards, … Continue reading The Missing Asset in Britain’s Retirement Debate →

12.2 Million People Are Being Told They Face Pension Poverty.

But What If the Missing Asset… Is You? A new retirement report from Scottish Widows says 12.2 million people across the UK are at risk of “pension poverty.” The proposed solutions are familiar: Save more into pensions Increase auto-enrolment contributions Invest more for longer Build larger retirement pots Those things matter. But there is another … Continue reading 12.2 Million People Are Being Told They Face Pension Poverty. →