Lawrence Cook: The power of financial advice for decumulation clients

'It will be okay'

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Amidst the coronavirus pandemic market volatility, Lawrence Cook discusses decumulation and the power of financial advice in that period of clients' lives...

Don't worry it will be okay in the long run. For long term investors history will tell you that statement has generally held true. For clients who have recently decided to draw down cash from their investment pot as a regular income they might be less easily reassured. It is easy to forget that for those not working in financial services that not having any income from employment or business once retired can be a little unnerving, let alone a sudden drop in asset values as we have recently witnessed. I recently had an update from my financial planner. We looked at the refreshed cas...

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