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Start 2025 with a New Year’s wealth check

An ideal opportunity to take stock of your financial health

Like your car, your finances require consistent care and attention to keep running smoothly. Just as a regular service ensures your vehicle performs at its best and avoids costly breakdowns, a yearly financial check-up is vital to ensuring your money works as effectively as possible. The beginning of 2025 offers an ideal opportunity to take stock of your financial health, setting the tone for a prosperous and secure year ahead.
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Taking the road to a comfortable retirement

Achieving this vision requires careful planning and preparation

We all dream of a comfortable retirement, free from financial worries and full of opportunities to enjoy life. However, achieving this vision requires careful planning and preparation. While life’s uncertainties, such as health challenges, might be beyond your control, there are concrete steps you can take to strengthen your financial resilience and prepare for the unexpected.
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Planning for the future of your wealth

How to integrate emotional, financial and practical dimensions

When it comes to your legacy, wealth transfer planning extends beyond the numbers. It’s not just about crafting a strategy for minimising taxes – although that remains vital. Today, successful intergenerational wealth planning integrates emotional, financial and practical dimensions, ensuring your wishes are fulfilled and your beneficiaries are equipped to responsibly carry forward your hard-earned wealth.
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Making the most of a lump sum windfall

Much will depend significantly on your goals, needs and long-term aspirations

Receiving a substantial lump sum of money – whether from the sale of a property, a business, an inheritance or a bonus – can open the door to exciting opportunities. It can potentially set you and your loved ones on a path to long-term financial wellbeing and security. However, navigating the options for effectively using or investing such a windfall can feel overwhelming, especially in uncertain economic climates.
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Pension funds and the path to net zero

Survey pinpoints several barriers threatening pension funds’ progress

Sixty-five per cent of pension funds recently surveyed by the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) have established a commitment to achieving net zero carbon emissions. Progress appears on the horizon for the third of funds without a current commitment, as one in five (22%) anticipate adopting a net zero target within the next five years.
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Planning for your dream retirement

Whether that’s adventure, relaxation or simply a slower pace of life

Many of us eagerly await the day we can step away from work for good, envisioning a time filled with freedom and the opportunity to focus on what truly brings us joy. The dream of retirement offers a deeply personal vision – whether that’s adventure, relaxation or simply a slower pace of life. However, while it’s natural to focus on the excitement of retirement, the reality is that your ability to achieve these aspirations relies heavily on financial preparation.
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Investing isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach

Why timing the market could be holding you back

Are you considering delaying your next investment until the market drops? It’s a common notion, particularly among new or even experienced investors. The strategy of ‘timing the market’ – buying stocks when their value is low and selling them when high – may sound like the perfect plan. But even the most successful fund managers in history have struggled to do this consistently. Predicting the market is notoriously difficult; even experts can’t always call it right.
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Practical financial planning for busy mums

The road to robust financial health, even when you’re juggling the demands of family life

Motherhood comes with countless responsibilities, so it’s no surprise that long-term financial planning often gets pushed to the bottom of the list. Managing your finances is essential for everyone, but as a mum, there are unique challenges that might mean your money needs extra attention.
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Pensioners set for income boost, but watch out for the tax trap

Could you lose out on tax-free allowances for other income?

Many pensioners will enjoy another uplift in their State Pension income next financial year. From 6 April 2025, the State Pension is due to rise by 4.1%, on the back of an 8.5% increase in April 2023. This growth adheres to the government’s ‘triple lock’ policy, which ensures that the State Pension increases annually by the highest of wage growth, inflation or 2.5%. However, this rise also brings potential complications for some retirees.
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