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Welcome to the The Savvy Wallet Podcast, where I talk to the brightest minds in personal finance, business, health and more. Episodes released every Monday at 8am GMT on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Youtube and wherever you listen to your podcasts. Subscribe to be reminded whenever a new episode is released!
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In this episode we have Pete Matthew a 27-year veteran Chartered Financial Planner and the creator of Meaningful Money where he has developed over 600 videos and 550 podcast episodes, helping countless people understand how money works and how to make it work for them and he’s the author of “The Meaningful Money Handbook”.
In this episode we discuss:
– Stocks and Shares ISA vs Workplace Pensions v SIPPs
– How to much money you need in your pension to retire
– What to invest in your pension
– Living now vs investing in your pension
– How to avoid the UK Pension crisis and much more
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00:00 – Preview
01:19 – Intro
01:55 – Meet Chartered Financial Planner Pete Matthews
05:44 – Money advice that changed my life
10:56 – Yesim Ad
12:01 – Why pensions are so powerful
18:30 – How does money in a pension grow
21:51 – Tide Ad
23:16 – Cons of putting money into a pension
27:53 – What’s the difference between a stocks and shares ISA and Pensions
30:08 – The amount you can put into a pension without getting taxed
34:57 – Invoice Home ad
35:57 – What’s a Self Invested Personal Pensions (SIPP) ?
38:08 – This is the problem with a workplace pension…
39:10 – Why you need to contribute to your pensions
39:59 – What investments should you have in your pension?
48:39 – How does your investing strategy change approaching retirement?
58:20 – Example: How much pension would A 35 year old with a £37k salary get?
01:05:25 – How to figure out how much you need when retired?
01:08:39 – How to reduce tax with a pension if you’re self-employed
01:12:06 – Why is it important to invest early in your pension
01:15:54 – How to balance living for now vs investing in your pension
01:18:58 – How to minimise your pensions fees
01:22:26 – You don’t need more than one pension pot
01:25:38 – UK Pension Crisis
01:30:30 – What to consider aside from pension
01:37:46 – Budget changes for the pension
01:42:22 – Pete’s Pension book
01:44:26 – Final Words
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