{"id":859,"date":"2014-05-07T08:31:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T08:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsfin.co.uk\/news\/?p=859"},"modified":"2014-05-07T08:31:16","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T08:31:16","slug":"the-quality-of-life-you-want-in-your-golden-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vizionwealth.co.uk\/news\/the-quality-of-life-you-want-in-your-golden-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The quality of life you want in your golden years"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Looking forward to a secure and financially independent retirement<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Saving for your retirement may not seem important when you&#8217;re starting out. But the sooner you start saving for your retirement, the more secure your future will be.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s so important to invest for your retirement. Putting as much as you can into a pension provision as soon as you can gives you a much better chance of having the retirement you want.<\/p>\n<p>When planning your retirement, there are three main types of pension you need to consider. These are State Pensions, private personal pensions and occupational workplace pensions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Whether you are thinking of starting a pension, reviewing your existing pension provision or are about to take benefits from a scheme, there are many issues you should discuss with us:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At your age, how much should you be saving?<\/p>\n<p>Could you optimise your tax position for retirement by<br \/>\nalso saving in an alternative tax-efficient vehicle?<\/p>\n<p>Would bringing existing pension funds you have built up together in one place help you manage them better?<\/p>\n<p>How can you maximise your pension contributions as you reach retirement age?<\/p>\n<p>What might you expect by way<br \/>\nof pension from the State and when will you receive it?<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the best time to start taking income from your pension fund?<\/p>\n<p>What are the alternatives to buying a\u00a0pension annuity\u00a0and why might they be better for you?<\/p>\n<p>How can you use your tax-free cash allowance to the<br \/>\nbest advantage?<\/p>\n<p>What if you want to take your pension fund overseas?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking forward to a secure and financially independent retirement Saving for your retirement may not seem important when you&#8217;re starting out. But the sooner you start saving for your retirement, the more secure your future will be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vizionwealth.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vizionwealth.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vizionwealth.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vizionwealth.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vizionwealth.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vizionwealth.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vizionwealth.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vizionwealth.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vizionwealth.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}