Pensions

  • Big Retirement Mistake and  How to Avoid it

    Big Retirement Mistake and How to Avoid it

    For retirement, we often think about what we need to set aside for rent, utilities, travel and other lifestyle needs. We often don’t think about how much we need to set aside for healthcare because there is this common misconception that our healthcare is completely covered under Medicare. This could…

  • Your Missing Retirement Account: HSA

    Your Missing Retirement Account: HSA

    Everyone wants more. More savings. More retirement funds. More money! This is simple, getting there is the hard part. It takes dedication and foresight to plan for your retirement. Understanding how you can save (tax-free money) for retirement is the starting point for all discussions and strategies that follow.

  • What does you desired retirement lifestyle look like and can you afford it?

    What does you desired retirement lifestyle look like and can you afford it?

    A quick and simple interactive quiz, brought to you by True Potential Investor, can help you with your financial planning for retirement. The private pension provider’s retirement quiz can help you to calculates how much you expect to spend during your retirement, by looking at a breakdown of all your…

  • Pension pots: which gender saves the most in the UK?

    Pension pots: which gender saves the most in the UK?

    In the UK, a third or more contribute nothing to their personal pension pots each month. Looking deeper into the exact figures from True Potential Investor, in Q3 2016, this amounted to 41% of women and 30% of men. Take a look at the graphic below for further breakdown of…

  • Are we giving up on our retirement dreams?

    Are we giving up on our retirement dreams?

    Retirement is our reward for our years of hard work, late nights, early starts and stressful days. Many of us look forward to it, as it’s an opportunity for us to do the things we love with our friends and family — some much-needed quality time that unfortunately often gets…

  • Key Methods for Raising Money for a Funeral or Memorial Service

    Key Methods for Raising Money for a Funeral or Memorial Service

    Dealing with a death in the family is never easy. When you’re struggling to pay the costs of a funeral or memorial service, it’s another problem that you don’t want to deal with during an already difficult time. Unfortunately, many people don’t make provisions for funeral costs in their will…

  • Saving Money For Your Retirement? We Guarantee These Ideas Will Help

    Saving Money For Your Retirement? We Guarantee These Ideas Will Help

    We all know how worrying it can be when you’re thinking about planning for retirement. Once you stop earning a wage, you’ll need enough cash in the bank to see you through the rest of your days. In this article, we’re going to present you with a list of ideas…

  • Investing in silver coins will improve your investment portfolio

    According to the latest figures, the investment market is experiencing record highs, but improving your investment portfolio is no easy task. Unfortunately it is not as simple as handing your money over to an expert and expecting to see the money flow in. Today you have to carry out research,…

  • An increase in state pension age – will we ever be able to retire?

    The Government has increased the state pension age meaning that younger generations will have to work longer before claiming a pension. If you’re not sure how this affects your pension plans then be sure to contact someone like Joslin Rhodes Pensions for advice on the matter. The changes were announced…

  • How to save money on your Inheritance Tax bill

    No-one likes to hand over a chunk of their hard-earned cash to the taxman but as the old saying goes; there are only two things in this life which are unavoidable: death and taxes. But rather ironically it is the combination of exactly these two things which can cause such…