Retirement planning as a couple: Balancing different goals
Planning for retirement should be an exciting time in your life. You’re able to give up work and focus on…
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Accessing your pension: Annuity vs Flexi-Access Drawdown
Should you choose a guaranteed income in retirement or an option that provides flexibility? Considering five questions can help you…
3 Pembroke Financial IFAs carry the Gold Standard for Pensions
Chartered Financial Planners, Frances Boiling and Guy Ovenden and new Adviser, David Brunning, of Pembroke Financial Services Ltd, one of…
Imminent Retirement Planning in 2020 – Brighton IFA’s 7 step plan
If you’re retiring this year, congratulations! Jim Rixon, Independent Financial Adviser at Pembroke Financial Services, who offer expert pensions advice…
What does the Covid-19 pandemic mean for my pension and retirement?
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to dominate world headlines, here’s what it might mean for your pension and retirement plans.…
12 things to do during lockdown to improve your financial well-being
These are strange and uncertain times during which the UK Government has advised its citizens to remain at home in…
How to save for retirement in your 20s
More people in their 20s are saving into a pension than ever before. But what steps should they be taking…
The new tax planning year dawns (just in case you hadn’t noticed)
The new tax year is now a week or so old and, whilst we appreciate that this may not be…
A brief guide to retirement interest-only mortgages
For anyone nearing retirement with time remaining before your mortgage comes to an end, it can be concerning when a…
Three points to consider when accessing your pension at 55
For the majority, from the age of 55 they have access to their pension. Should you be coming up to…
Sussex pension advisers see higher state pension increases on the cards
The new state pension looks likely to be in line for a relatively large increase next year, but it still…
How much is enough on pension contributions?
Pension contributions rose in April for many people, but the increase may still not be enough to fund a comfortable…
Pensions and divorce – not just about the split
When it comes to dividing up assets on divorce, pension rights can turn out to be one of the most…
Retirement Planning – How long do you want to work… ?
New labour market figures show record levels of employment for the over 65s. As people are living longer, a parallel…
Retirement planning for the 100-year life
Your chances of reaching 100 are probably greater than you imagine. It may sound fanciful, but a 100-year lifespan is…
The Budget 2018: an end to austerity? What did it mean for you?
The 2018 Budget, which was delivered on a Monday for the first time since 1962, produced a number of surprises,…
Leading think tank proposes radical shake up of UK’s tax system
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is a centre-left think tank that has a long history of influencing Labour…
Auto enrolment into Workplace Pensions six years on – a success?
There is absolutely no doubt that pension savings have grown after six years of Automatic Enrolment, but more progress is…
Is your pension planning good enough to cover your retirement years?
…the beginning of the end for rising life expectancy? A paper published in August by the Office for National Statistics…