In this episode we have Pete Matthew a 27-year veteran Chartered Financial Planner and the creator of Meaningful Money where he has developed over 600 videos and 550 podcast episodes, helping countless people understand how money works and how to make it work for them and he's the author of "The Meaningful Money Handbook".

In this episode we discuss:

- Stocks and Shares ISA vs Workplace Pensions v SIPPs

- How to much money you need in your pension to retire

- What to invest in your pension

- Living now vs investing in your pension

- How to avoid the UK Pension crisis and much more

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00:00 - Preview

01:19 - Intro

01:55 - Meet Chartered Financial Planner Pete Matthews

05:44 - Money advice that changed my life 

10:56 - Yesim Ad

12:01 - Why pensions are so powerful

18:30 - How does money in a pension grow

21:51 - Tide Ad

23:16 - Cons of putting money into a pension 

27:53 - What’s the difference between a stocks and shares ISA and Pensions

30:08 - The amount you can put into a pension without getting taxed

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35:57 - What’s a Self Invested Personal Pensions (SIPP) ? 

38:08 - This is the problem with a workplace pension…

39:10 - Why you need to contribute to your pensions

39:59 - What investments should you have in your pension?

48:39 - How does your investing strategy change approaching retirement?

58:20 - Example: How much pension would A 35 year old with a £37k salary get?

01:05:25 - How to figure out how much you need when retired?

01:08:39 - How to reduce tax with a pension if you’re self-employed 

01:12:06 - Why is it important to invest early in your pension 

01:15:54 - How to balance living for now vs investing in your pension

01:18:58 - How to minimise your pensions fees 

01:22:26 - You don’t need more than one pension pot

01:25:38 - UK Pension Crisis

01:30:30 - What to consider aside from pension

01:37:46 - Budget changes for the pension

01:42:22 - Pete’s Pension book

01:44:26 - Final Words

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