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Retirement Planning

Retirement planning for expats: The importance of diversifying your retirement income streams

Diversifying income streams is crucial for retirement security, especially for expats who have additional financial complications to navigate. Robin Copley looks at the benefits of a diversified retirement income strategy.   Will you outlive your savings? Planning for retirement is far more challenging today than it was for our grandparents. In 1970, the average life…

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Retirement planning: six major pitfalls expats should avoid

If you get your planning right, you’ll enjoy a retirement characterised by freedom of choice, financial security, and the opportunity to live life on your own terms. However, for expats, retirement planning comes with unique challenges that can derail even the most well-intentioned plans. Robin Copley highlights six retirement planning pitfalls to avoid.   The…

Retirement planning: Is your dream retirement destination financially sustainable?

Whether you want to stay in Asia when you retire, move back home or go somewhere else entirely, you need to plan ahead and consider all the financial implications to adequately evaluate the sustainability of your choice. Robin Copley offers some insights to consider, as well as a cautionary tale! Relocating in retirement Expats are…

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Retirement Planning: Expats are woefully unprepared for retirement, are you one of them?

Has ‘The mañana mentality’ left you unprepared for retirement? Now is the time you need to think about financial planning for when you stop working.   Most expats are woefully unprepared for retirement The sceptical amongst you might think that, as a Retirement Planner, I would say that. However, the statistics back it up, with…

Early retirement planning is critical for expats: start now or pay later

The importance of early retirement planning cannot be over emphasised. Time is the ingredient that enables compound interest to work its magic on your pension savings. And the difference in return if you start early can be astonishing, as Robin Copley explains. Expat life in Vietnam: a golden opportunity to save I recently came across…