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Adviser Access Important to Pre-Retirees
Having a financial adviser certainly benefits people working towards the goal of retirement, the LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute found in a survey. Forty-three percent of pre-retirees, those between the ages of 50 and 75, who have an adviser feel secure about their future retirement, compared to 21% of pre-retirees without an adviser.
Asked why
they have turned to an adviser, 43% of people said it was to minimize the risk
of running out of money in retirement, followed by protecting their portfolio
(32%), minimizing taxes (27%), helping them establish a realistic budget for
their retirement (26%) and maintaining perspective (25%).
Sixty-seven percent of those who have an adviser and a formal written
retirement plan say they feel confident about retirement, compared to 34% of
those without a written plan.
The survey also found that only 27% of pre-retires have tried to figure out how to generate retirement income, and only 31% have attempted to figure out how long their savings will last. Twenty percent have not completed any retirement planning activities.
The findings are based on an online survey of 1,050 adults between the ages of 50 and 75.