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From first starting work my father stressed the significance of having a personal pension. When I got married my wife and I decided to take his recommendation and both invested into pension and equity funds. With our well paid occupations we had the opportunity to set cash aside for this venture.
As a young man, like many young men, I didn't realise the importance of financially planning for the future. I am so glad that I heeded my father's advice so many years ago concerning pension and capital funds investments. Assessing the UK basic state pension we realised the weekly amount would be nowhere near enough for the lifestyle we so enjoy.
Our plans for retirement included a complete relocation to Portugal. Our thoughts were to purchase a second home abroad to live in and large enough for family visits. Once the kids had left home we were able to inject more cash into our private pensions and equity schemes. Portugal had always been a favourite family destination for us; we knew the country well, loved the friendly people and began to make tentative steps towards buying a second home there.
As retirement age approached we were concerned about how moving may affect our UK and private pensions, including equity funds. With Italy being a member of the European Union, the UK pension is not affected when transferred and we have been told that we would still receive the basic state pension yearly increase. All we had to do was ring up the UK pensions department, explain our plans, and pass on any relevant information.
Next, our private pensions and equity policy funds. After advice from a friend we found this extremely informative website that specialises in transferring client's personal pensions including equity funds, abroad. They have a professional approach and take care of your personal finances. Their professional staff aims to provide a better pension policy scheme and equity investments than your present provider. They have a flexible approach and a superb choice of pension options, equity schemes and other financial investments.
Pension schemes and options in the UK for people who retire abroad can be complicated, and are continuously changing. However, with the help of pension specialists our task of ensuring that our private pensions wouldn't be affected by moving abroad, or even diminish in value, was in safe hands.
Contact was made online and by telephone to this pension provider. What we didn't want was to suffer from financial loss with our personal finances at a later date which would undoubtedly affect our new life in Italy. My wife and I had set aside savings too but we were well aware that this alone would not be enough to achieve a permanent relocation abroad.
The transfer of our retirement pension and equity funds went without a hitch. The new pension provider has forecast that in the future even better returns may be expected than what we would have received with our previous pension company. We are now on our way to Italy.
