Martin Wilcocks - Bulletproof Retirement

Martin Wilcocks - Bulletproof Retirement

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31/07/2026

Most people heading into retirement are making one of these three mistakes without realising it.

In this updated 2026 presentation I break down:

💡 Fixed Income Overload — too much of your pension sitting in bonds and gilts that quietly fail to keep pace with inflation *

💡 Network Fee Excess — paying for a financial network's layered management and flagship offices through your own returns *

💡 Active Investment Management — funds that charge more and mostly underperform simpler, evidence-based alternatives *

If you're overweight in fixed income, using a fund picker or stockbroker, or with an adviser inside an expensive network — this is for you.



Expanded points:

* Excessive exposure to low-return “defensive” assets such as corporate bonds or gilts, often presented as safe, but failing to keep pace with inflation

* Advice delivered within expensive financial networks, where layered management fees and bundled charges quietly erode capital year after year

* Reliance on stockbrokers or fund pickers who trade on instinct rather than evidence, leading to higher costs and consistently poor outcomes

If any of the three mistakes sounded familiar the next step is a no-cost 20-minute conversation, no pressure, no obligation: https://meetings.hubspot.com/martin132

'It's like the '90s': Advisers frustrated with offshore bond providers 16/02/2026

The paperwork, processing delays, and regulatory friction from some providers can be extraordinary.

Some require lengthy application forms simply to access an annual 5% withdrawal processes that appear designed to discourage clients from accessing their own money. Service isn’t a minor detail.

It’s the difference that makes the difference. It’s the difference between enjoying your later years and fighting a brick wall. It’s the difference between clarity and chaos.

I use Transact and in my experience they are the best out there.

By a mile.

'It's like the '90s': Advisers frustrated with offshore bond providers Interest in offshore bonds is growing as a tax-planning solution, but advisers say service levels at major providers are poor and frustrating.

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