Financial Planning Consultant DipPFS, Chartered FCSI in Basingstoke
With over 25 years of experience in the asset management industry in London, alongside a broad range of professional qualifications, I now dedicate my expertise to financial planning consultancy. My goal is to help clients achieve their ambitions, avoid costly mistakes, and build lasting financial security.
In the UK, there are around 3.3 million pension pots that are considered as ‘lost’, containing an average of around £9,500 per pot*. Nobody wants to be missing out on money they have built up in a pension, but there’s good news - this kind of financial hit is completely avoidable.
This one might seem obvious, but it’s easy to lose track of your pension pots, where they are, and what they’re doing. If you make a note of your pension providers, and check your pot(s) regularly, you’re far less likely to lose one of them over time.
Your investment allocation is where and how you’re investing your pension. Often, people will just use their pension provider’s default setting. But this might not actually be right for your retirement goals and risk profile. So, it’s a good idea to revisit this every few years.
If you’ve had a windfall recently, like a pay rise, bonus, or inheritance, putting a portion of it into your pension is a good idea. Not only is it tax-efficient, but you’ll be glad when your retirement comes around.
As an adviser, my role is to help you get all of this done simply, with all the facts and information you need. That might be helping you review your risk profile, consolidating old pension pots, or making a plan to help you retire early. Investing can help your money grow over time, but the value of investments can go down as well as up.
If that sounds good to you, please get in touch.
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Commercial mortgages/remortgages, workplace pension and employee benefits. Commercial mortgages are by referral only.
Establishing and reviewing trusts, complete personal risk management planning, short- and long-term savings and investments.
Wealth management advice to make your money work as hard as it can for you, including making the most of any tax breaks available.
Expert advice to help provide comfort in your retirement.
Whole of life and term assurance protection, private medical arrangements, critical illness insurance.
Permanent health insurance to provide a regular income should you be unable to work due to illness or injury.
Basingstoke
Hampshire
RG24
United Kingdom
Ian is located in Basingstoke and offers expert financial advice to suit your needs.
Most people come to me because something has changed, or because they've realised they don't have a plan for when it does. We start with a careful, sensitive review of where you are now and where you want to be, and work through to a clear, jargon-free lifetime plan.
Plans flex so we'll steer together through whatever circumstances and emotions life throws up. Costings are upfront and transparent throughout.
It is your plan. They are your goals and your aspirations, and you stay in control of your finances. I sit on the same side of the table as you, committed to getting the right results for you and your family, now and throughout our long term, financial relationship. I lead with planning rather than products because I've needed a plan myself.
When my wife died suddenly, leaving me with three young sons, my own financial planning was what I fell back on. It's why I do this work, and why I think everyone should build financial resilience.
My clients tell me they feel heard, reassured and supported, and that the experience is personal, authentic and professional.
In advising you, I follow a simple and trusted 3 step process:
We will arrange a time to talk about your goals and plans.
I'll prepare a tailored plan which always takes full account of your goals, and gives you the steps and expert support from me to get there. All explained simply.
I'll be there as your financial adviser to give you the support you need.
The Financial Conduct Authority does not regulate some employee benefits, tax planning, inheritance tax planning, estate planning, succession planning, trusts or some buy-to-let mortgages.
The guidance and/or information contained within this website is subject to the UK regulatory regime and is therefore targeted at consumers based in the UK.
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