Professionals & Executives
Success brings rewards. It also brings complexity. As your career progresses, income, bonuses, share awards, pensions and investments can accumulate while there’s less time to manage them.
At Goodbody we make sure your money is working just as hard for you do, leaving you to focus on your career, knowing your wealth and financial future are in experienced hands.
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Equity and share awards
Diversify beyond your employer.
Share awards, options and incentive schemes can become a significant source of wealth as your career progresses.
But they can also mean your salary, bonus and a large proportion of your personal wealth are all dependent on the same company.
We’ll help you manage that concentration, considering vesting, tax, timing and diversification as part of your wider investment strategy.
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Key points to consider
It starts with looking at your complete financial position. Your income, pension, investments and available allowances should work together. We can identify opportunities and build tax efficiency into your wider wealth strategy.
That depends on your priorities. You might invest it, increase pension funding, reduce borrowing or keep some available for shorter-term goals. We can help you decide where it can add the most value within your overall plan.
It depends on the type of award and its tax treatment, but vesting often creates an immediate decision point: shares become yours (and often taxable) whether or not you’re ready to act on them. We can help you plan ahead of the vesting date, rather than reacting to it.
Start by understanding how much of your total financial position depends on your employer — including your salary, future bonuses and equity. We can help you assess that concentration and develop a diversification strategy where appropriate.
Multiple pensions from different employers over your career are common and can be easy to lose track of. We can review what you already have, identify any gaps or inefficiencies, and make sure your overall pension strategy – old and new – is working as effectively as possible.
If your pension assets are approaching the relevant threshold, it can affect decisions around contributions, investment and when you access your benefits. Planning ahead can help you understand your options and incorporate them into your wider strategy.
Long before you intend to stop working. The earlier you understand the wealth and income you’ll need, the more time you have to build towards it – and potentially reach the point where working becomes a choice rather than a financial necessity.
It depends on your circumstances, but the review usually starts with what would actually happen financially if you couldn’t work. For how long, and how much would your family need to maintain their lifestyle? From there, we can identify any shortfall and recommend cover to close it.
As your wealth grows, inheritance increasingly becomes part of the bigger picture. We can help you consider gifting, succession and estate planning alongside your own future financial needs.
Often it’s less about the goal itself and more about how you fund it efficiently – whether that’s regular gifting, a dedicated investment account, or timing withdrawals to minimise tax. We can help you structure it in a way that works for your wider finances too.
Often, yes. If your income, bonus and equity are all tied to the same company – or even the same sector – your financial exposure can be more concentrated than it first appears. We can help you assess that exposure across your whole portfolio, not just your employer holdings, and build in genuine diversification.
The answers to these frequently asked questions do not constitute investment advice.
Warning: Nothing in this content constitutes investment, legal, financial, accounting or tax advice and does not confirm that a strategy is suitable or appropriate to your individual circumstances or otherwise constitutes a personal recommendation to you. Individuals should always seek independent tax and legal advice.
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