{"id":1549,"date":"2012-03-07T11:36:29","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T10:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esmartproducts.co.uk\/?p=1549"},"modified":"2012-03-07T11:36:29","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T10:36:29","slug":"are-you-getting-closer-to-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suretyfp.com\/wordpress\/?p=1549","title":{"rendered":"Are you getting closer to retirement?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Being able to retire when and how you want to<\/h3>\n<p>Making your savings grow and being able to retire when and how  you want to is likely to be one of your most important financial  objectives, but achieving this goal requires planning and perseverance.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The closer you get to retiring, the greater the need to  preserve your savings and ensure they will last all through your  retirement. If you are approaching retirement, do you need to make any  further changes to your investments?<\/p>\n<p>You may think you have your retirement planned, but could a pension shortfall catch you out?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Boosting your retirement savings<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you invest in non-pension savings, you can use these to  supplement your pension savings \u2013 and still access your money if you  need to. Ensure you have the right mix of investments, which could help  your savings outpace inflation.<\/p>\n<p>If you are approaching retirement you will generally be able to  take up to 25 per cent of your pension fund as a tax-free lump sum. You  could use it to supplement your retirement income by reinvesting in a  flexible investment.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not too          late to improve          your retirement          finances          Wherever you are          with your retirement          savings, don\u2019t be         put off from          taking action \u2013 it\u2019s not too late.<\/p>\n<p>There are still steps you could take to boost the income you\u2019ll get when you retire.<br \/>\nIt may also be appropriate to combine your various savings \u2018pots\u2019  to make managing your money easier. As you get older you may appreciate  the simplicity of having everything in one place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being able to retire when and how you want to Making your savings grow and being able to retire when and how you want to is likely to be one of your most important financial objectives, but achieving this goal requires planning and perseverance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suretyfp.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suretyfp.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suretyfp.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suretyfp.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suretyfp.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.suretyfp.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suretyfp.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suretyfp.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suretyfp.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}