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APPROACHING How to retire with an income of £5,000 pm * If you are 30 Our assumptions* You will need to invest: You will have a pot at retirement of: Your income per month will be: but real value in 35 years' time will be: £1,700 pm £1,062,879 £10,000 £5,000 If you are 40 You will need to invest: You will have a pot at retirement of: Your income per month will be: but real value in 25 years' time will be: £2,750 pm £1,079,950 £3,282 £5,000 Here’s some maths to help you out. We assume that you will have the equivalent of £5,000 per month in today’s money (so each age group ends up with the equivalent value). We assume that you will have a £5,000 income until aged 90 and we assume that your portfolio grows at 5 per cent on average each year net of charges. We assume inflation at 2 per cent a year and that you increase your contributions by 1 per cent each year. Retire at 65. We also assume you’re in drawdown and your pot stays invested over the whole period of your retirement. If you are 50 You will need to invest: You will have a pot at retirement of: Your income per month will be: but real value in 15 years' time will be: £5,000 pm £1,047,325 £6,730 £5,000 Use our retirement planner to work out your own strategy: www.trustnetdirect.com/retirement/planningfor-retirement If you are 60 You will need to invest: You will have a pot at retirement of: Your income per month will be: but real value in 5 years' time will be: £17,000 pm £1,068,331 £5,520 £5,000 Your monthly contributions to achieve an income of £5,000 per month £20,000 £17,500 £15,000 £12,500 £10,000 £7,500 £5,000 £2,500 £0 £17,000 Remember, these figures exclude any state pension due to you but do not include any tax liabilities either £5,000 £1,700 £2,750 Age 30 Age 40 Age 50 Age 60 Page 43