For many people, the 30’s is a time for career building and growing your wealth, but it is also a time when financial responsibilities start to mount: marriage, having children, and owning your first home or moving up the property ladder. Talk to Alex about how having a family can impact your finances, and how you can make provision for your family’s needs, now and into the future.

Increasing Responsibilities

Now is the time to focus on your savings, which may be used as a deposit for a home, or part of a school fees planning strategy. But don’t just put money away…make it work, by asking Alex how you can choose investments that offer an opportunity for growth. Make sure you’re protected and look at critical illness and life insurance if you have dependents.

Increase your pension contributions and remember that if you consistently contribute to your pension and investments in your 30s, you will have a reasonable retirement pot at your nominated retirement age. Start your estate plan, and at the very minimum, create a will that names a guardian for your children.

The value of pension and investments and the income they produce can fall as well as rise. Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage.

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Savings & Investments

Whether you are saving for a specific purpose or building a pot of money for use at a later date, we can help you make an informed decision based on clearly understanding your financial situation, your goals and how much risk you are prepared to take with your money. We can help you identify an action plan that is right for you, and, as your circumstances change, can help you review all of this on a regular basis.

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Mortgages

Whether you are thinking of re-mortgaging your property, moving home, or borrowing to invest in rental properties, trying to determine which deal is the right one for you and your specific circumstances can be difficult. We can help you with the tricky process of not only getting a mortgage, but getting the right mortgage, ensuring you are not paying more than you have to.

Insurance

You are probably familiar with protecting your property using buildings and contents insurance, but what about protection of your greatest assets – you and your family? We can advise you on the options available for protecting your home and your standard of living in the event of an accident, a serious illness or death.

Pension Planning

Pensioners now have complete freedom to draw down as much or as little of their pension pot as they want, anytime they want. But while retirement freedom creates more choice, it brings with it more risk. We also live in era where we live longer, are retired for longer, and need to make our savings last for longer. We can take you through the choices on offer, so you can approach retirement feeling more informed through the right preparation and advice.

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Estate Planning

Preserving your estate is all about protecting your assets, and ensuring the right money goes to the right people at the right time. We can help you with estate planning advice on wills, inheritance tax, trusts and lasting and enduring powers of attorney, to ensure your estate is dealt with exactly as you wish when you die.

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Business Planning

In our experience, firms that have a spectrum of quality group benefits in place, tend to have a higher percentage of long serving employees. We can provide expert help with structuring employee pension schemes and insurance solutions, considering your business’s financial circumstances and objectives.

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The value of pensions and investments and the income they produce can fall as well as rise. Tax treatment varies according to individual circumstances and is subject to change. Estate planning, wills and LPAs are not regulated by the FCA.