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When it comes to retirement wealth building, there are few financial tools similar to self-investment personal pensions (SIPPs). Apart from granting all the same financial benefits as private pensions through employers, Sipps has placed a retirement saver in the driver’s seat, allowing them to take advantage of compounded stock market returns.
Moreover, even for just a decade, investing £500 a month is enough to build a portfolio that can break current state pensions with a fairly large margin. In fact, some investors have already done that.
Construction of retirement benefits
It was 2015, and the investor just turned 50 with the goal of resigning at the age of 60 in 2025. Their income will allow them to comfortably invest £500 a month.
Leverage a FTSE 100 In index funds, they have been able to generate 82.9% of total revenue over the past decade, or 6.2% on an annual basis. Investing £625 for 10 years at this rate will result in SIPP worth £103,544. And by following the 4% rule, it is enough to generate a retirement income of £4,142 per year.
How does this compare to the 10-year contribution to the UK National Pension? With a 10-year qualifying payment, an individual is eligible for 10/35 at £230.25 per week. The expansion to annual income leads to just £3,420 retirement income – over £700 (guaranteed, but not investment).
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Improve investment returns
Investors who have beaten state pensions with basic index funds over the past decade are naturally chaffed. However, those who have challenged the world of stock picking may be even happier.
Some FTSE 100 companies have achieved much better returns than 6.2%, Haruma (LSE: HLMA) Provides gains of nearly 260% or 13.6% per year. To make this into context, the £625 invested monthly at this rate generated £6,323 in retirement income.
Haruma’s success lies behind consistent financial performance with high profits and increased revenues. With demand for safety, healthcare and environmental analysis rarely gone, and even in recession recessions, the company had no trouble organically expanding its footprint through acquisitions.
For shareholders, it has been translated into solid stock growth and 45 years of consecutive dividend hikes. Of course, just because Haruma has been good over the past decade doesn’t mean that the next decade will be the same.
Being a highly acquired company can be a double-edged sword. After all, acquisitions aren’t cheap. And if they fail to meet expectations, it can saddle the balance sheet with an unwanted debt burden. In particular, the environmentally-centric segments of the group also have a component of customer concentration. This can have a negative impact on future profits if the relationship begins to break down.
With state pensions likely to change over the next decade (and hopefully increase), it may be wise for your investment portfolio to strive for higher returns. Therefore, for investors looking to retire in 10 years from now, Halma and other winning stocks may be worthy of looking closely as potential investments within SIPP.