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How to account for care costs in your financial plan
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...

January Vlog from Gretchen
Gretchen’s vlog this month covers the recent offsite Team Magenta Workshop, where Company Values and Team Charter were discussed, including tools which can be implemented to deliver a better and more efficient service to enhance our client experience in 2023. Also, a...

Magenta is 6!
Another year has flown by, and this week, Magenta is celebrating 6 years in business! As you can imagine, a lot has happened over six years, and the business has certainly changed from those early first days, with new technology, new faces and a new office! Firstly,...

What I learnt from Divorce by Allyson Hopkins
As with any marriage, the plan is to as the vow states ‘until death us do part’. Unfortunately, this is not the case for every marriage. Over the past 50 years, exactly one-third of marriages have ended in divorce. According to the Office for National...

Moving in with your partner, planning to get married, or not? By Jess Geere
Life and the traditions we have adopted over time are changing, and this seems to have been especially amplified over the past few years with change happening faster than ever. We have grown up with the fairy tale story of meeting the person of our dream, moving in...

How to save for retirement when you are self-employed
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...

What’s the purpose of your retirement pot and will it enable you to do everything you want? by Gretchen Betts
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...

3 Green Investment Myths – Dispelled! – By Jamie Flook
1 – Having to sacrifice returns to do good with your money This is the number one discussion point that gets raised by clients when talking about investing ‘ethically’ or ‘doing good’ with money. A significant number of people want their money to do good in the world,...

A Greener New Year – By Jessica Geere
At Magenta we have always made a conscious effort to be a greener company and offered clients ethical and sustainable investment choices. This past year we have been actively making our office space greener by reducing our paper use drastically, using sustainable...
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Talking About Death Is Healthy – By Julie Lord
There are millions of things we can fill our minds with, and this doesn’t always come readily to mind, but sometimes thinking and talking about death is healthy. Death is like a work or study deadline – something that empowers us to make sure we do everything we want...

I’ve received an Inheritance – what should I be doing now? By Julie Lord
How lovely! Most people would be envious and agree that this is a wonderful position to be in, but for others it becomes a huge burden and responsibility, particularly if they are not confident about managing money. Everyone dreams of getting a windfall, but many...
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