Client Situation
Jane was planning to finish her career as an engineer for another two to three years, but shortly after becoming a client at North Haven Financial, her company offered an early retirement package, and she decided to take it.
Jane had done a good job saving for retirement, but this required quickly creating a plan to transition into retirement smoothly, as well as assuring that the plan could accommodate a few years of less income.
Client Objectives
Jane wanted to make sure that she could maintain a steady retirement income and growth to support future retirement goals and expenses.
One of her main goals was to remodel her home, and she planned to purchase a new vehicle sometime in the next 12-18 months.
Overall, however, her goal was to find ways to enjoy retirement and began working part-time with her daughter
What We Have Done So Far
Guided her through the retirement process of opening accounts, rolling over IRAs, and managing distributions
Conducted a deep dive on Janes's pre & post-retirement living expenses to predict what may change during retirement so we can work to help her manage & enjoy her savings
Discussed options and implemented a plan on how the severance payments she received could best benefit her plan
Rebalance her portfolio to better reflect her risk tolerance and appropriately weight her holdings.
Analyzed Jane’s options for claiming Social Security benefits to optimize them along with her other income sources.