Two leading Financial Planners have explained how using lifetime cashflow forecasts helped a client deal with the sudden financial shock of losing his high flying executive job at 55.

Financial Planners Gretchen Betts CFP^TM Chartered MCSI and Julie Lord CFP^TM Chartered FCSI, who recently launched Magenta Financial Planning in Wales, have written in the latest Financial Planning Today magazine about their longstanding client 'Mark' (not his real name).

Chartered Financial Planner Ms Lord, former President of the Institute of Financial Planning, explained: “Mark approached us a few months ago with a significant change in his circumstances – he had been made redundant and was negotiating his exit package with his employer.

“It was all happening very quickly and he needed to know what questions to ask – or what to demand - by the next day. The initial offer wasn’t great, considering the years he had worked there.”

Ms Betts said: “As we already knew all about his income, expenditure, assets and plans for the future (this had been updated only 6 months before) we were able to quickly review his lifetime cashflow forecast, confirming he could afford to leave without worrying too much about the quality of redundancy package.

“Mark didn’t want to stop working – despite his lifetime cashflow forecast illustrating that he could afford to. He needed our help to ensure he got a good deal and that the options he chose were the most tax efficient and flexible for their future. He also needed to make sure that he understood the decisions and how these would impact on his and his wife’s short and long term financial position and happiness.”

Find out how Magenta enabled Mark to achieve his goals and move on after his redundancy in the full feature in Financial Planning Today magazine HERE.

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