Retirement confidence: Why having a plan fosters self-assurance

‘Whilst it is important, confidence on its own isn’t enough’

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Andrew Tully explores retirement confidence in his first article for PA since joining Nucleus. Here he looks at why confidence levels may be heading for a fall and how a financial plan builds conviction…

Confidence is a strange phenomenon. Some people have more of it than others, some can be confident about certain things but not others, and sometimes it can be misplaced. But in these uncertain times with widespread cost of living concerns, it's more important than ever for people to feel confident about their financial future. Confidence is a feeling and so it's difficult to quantify. But that's what we at Nucleus set out to do by speaking to over 50s about their retirement confidence. By creating an objective measure which we can track over time, we can see the real impact of a rang...

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