What Is Retirement Planning?
Retirement planning is the process of understanding how your pensions, savings, investments and other assets can provide the income you need throughout retirement.
A good retirement plan considers:
- When you would like to retire
- How much income you may need
- Your pensions and retirement savings
- Your State Pension entitlement
- Your investments and cash savings
- Tax-efficient income options
- Inflation and rising living costs
- Investment risk
- Later-life planning
- What you may wish to leave behind for your family
Retirement planning is not just about reaching a certain pension value. It is about creating a realistic and flexible plan for the life you want to live.
Retirement Planning as Part of Your Wider Financial Plan
Retirement planning should not be viewed in isolation.
Your retirement plan may need to work alongside:
- Pension advice
- Investment planning
- Inheritance tax planning
- Estate planning
- Protection planning
- Cashflow planning
- Later-life financial planning