Matt Phillips, Director of Wealth Planning at Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management, sets out key questions which will help those on the brink of retirement to navigate an inflationary environment.
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Matt Phillips, Director of Wealth Planning at Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management, sets out key questions which will help those on the brink of retirement to navigate an inflationary environment.
High earners can feel hemmed in by continued tax raids to pension savings, but by thinking outside the box they can find ample tax-efficient routes maximise their retirement savings.
Tax hikes and rising inflation bode ill for the wealthy in what many are predicting will be a “winter of discontent”, and possibly several worrying seasons after too.