by Gretchen Betts | May 19, 2023 | Financial Planning, Lifestyle, Retirement
At Magenta we regularly get asked about the costs of long-term care and how this can be budgeted for. Whilst these are straightforward questions, the answers are unfortunately not. For example, it depends on what type of care, for how long the care is required, and...
by Gretchen Betts | May 12, 2023 | Retirement
It’s never too early to think about retirement planning! For most of your working life, it wasn’t exactly a pressing concern. You might have pondered it for a few minutes as you skimmed your company’s annual pension statement, but retirement was more like a vague,...
by Gretchen Betts | Nov 18, 2022 | Retirement
Being self-employed has plenty of perks, from choosing our own hours, following our career dreams, and even working from home in our pyjamas. But one perk we may miss from working for an employer is having a retirement plan through work. Fortunately, there are ways to...
by Gretchen Betts | Jul 25, 2022 | Lifestyle, Retirement
We spend a lot of time at Magenta talking about retirement planning and setting objectives for when you aren’t working, or are working less. When we talk about Retirement Planning – this isn’t about just when you turn 50, 60, or whatever your magic number is for...
by Gretchen Betts | Nov 1, 2021 | Financial Planning, Pension, Retirement, Retirement
Most people would agree that a ‘good retirement income’ is one that offers them security, that allows them to participate in the activities they want to do and provides them with a comfortable enough standard of living to be happy. Research by the National Employer’s...
by Gretchen Betts | Sep 20, 2021 | Financial Planning, Money, Pension, Retirement
In writing this post I looked for a quote about ‘getting to know someone’, but quickly gave up because it isn’t overly authentic to me. Being authentic, or ‘true to myself’, is one of my personal values. As financial planners it is important that we get to know what...
