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How you could retire earlier by paying attention to your pension fund

how to retire earlierWould you like to know how to retire earlier – indeed, bring your retirement forward two years?

Let’s start with a quick example:

John is 55, has done his calculations and discovered that if he is to achieve the lifestyle he wants his pension fund needs to double in value before he can retire. The question is how long will that take?

Assuming net growth of 5% per annum, after charges, the answer is 14 years.

So what do you need to do to be able to shave years off your likely retirement date?

The gap between fees charged by the online providers and regulated independent advisers is now huge and growing. Moving to an online platform could increase net returns by up to 1% just through reduced charges. That’s two year’s less work on the example above.

I am not saying that your financial adviser is not providing value for money but you do need to know how much his services are costing and to decide whether that is truly value for money. Negotiate a reduction in fees of just 0.5% pa and you will be able, in this example, to retire one year earlier.

How to retire earlier

Switch to an online platform and you are likely to save at least 1%. That’s two years earlier.

And are you in the best performing funds? I only hold funds in the Hargreaves Lansdown Wealth 150 list. They are all top performing, well researched and well monitored funds. On the other hand a recent Best Invest report disclosed that £34billion of our money is sat in consistently underperforming funds. Is any of it yours? Scottish Widows, Aviva, Legal & General and almost every pension provider has funds in that list. If you can increase performance by just 1% pa simply by using one of the online services to track performance that brings forward retirement by another two years.

So John has reduced charges by 1% and increased performance by 1%. The result? His pension fund will now double in 10 years instead of 14 and he can retire four years earlier. Yes, your figures will be different but the principle remains. Take control of your pension fund or work longer. Which will you choose?

ACTION POINT

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This document and our on going services are not personal advice. We'll give you all the help and guidance you need to make your investment and retirement decisions, but we can't advise you. If you're not sure whether you need regulated financial advice we can put you in touch with a suitably qualified and experienced regulated adviser. Because we are not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority you will not have access to the Financial Ombudsman Service in respect of any complaints. If you use one of the "no advice" on line services to handle investment transactions they will be Regulated and you will have access to the Ombudsman and The Financial Compensation Scheme in respect of their services. The value of investments/pension plans can fall or rise depending on market performance. The Retirement Team and The Investment and Retirement Coach are trading names of Capture Success Ltd Reg No 01825075 Tel 07770575122

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