Any Investment advice for a spare €80k? Mortgage nearly paid, Pension full?

Arnold

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Age:
51
Spouse’s/Partner's age:
50

Annual gross income from employment or profession:
E200,000
Annual gross income spouse:
E50,000

Type of employment:
Both self employed

Expenditure pattern:
We have 3 children aged 10, 12 and 13

Rough estimate of value of home
E1,400,000
Mortgage on home
E100,000 – I chose to pay my mortgage off sooner rather than invest (that may have come against me in the last few years but as we were evicted from our home when I was a child I could’nt stand the thought of that happening to me a second time)
Mortgage provider:
AIB
Type of mortgage: Tracker, interest only, fixed rate
Tracker
Interest rate
Discount tracker of 0.95% - .

Other borrowings – car loans/personal loans etc
None

Do you pay off your full credit card balance each month?
Yes

Savings and investments:
E170,000 savings – 100K in a unit linked fund – 70k in cash

Do you have a pension scheme?
Yes, I pay E2000pm into personal pension
Her company pay E1000 pm into a pension.

Do you own any investment or other property?
Yes – It is fully paid and we receive income (included above) of 26k per annum.

Ages of children:
10,12,13

Life insurance:
Yes.

What specific question do you have or what issues are of concern to you?
I spent the last 32 years working hard had some ups and downs but paid off most of the mortgage and now have about 80k to invest – I am willing to take a high level of risk as I expect it to be invested for at least 10 years or more but would like access to it without penalty in case it was needed (I have 20k in an emergency fund)

I plan on reviewing my pension contributions next month but in the meantime – can anyone offer advice on a high risk/ high potential return/ low cost investment fund?

Thankyou for your advice

Arnold .
 
What is the (approximate) current value of your personal pension and how is it currently invested?

Absent any liquidity concerns, there is no logic in holding low or negative yielding cash or bonds in your pension while carrying a mortgage.
 
We have done a lot of analysis on this

It looks like you should probably

Cash in the unit linked savings plan and pay off the mortgage
Add the excess savings to the pensions


subject to not exceeding €2m in pension funds each

Marc Westlake
Chartered Certified and European Financial Planner
www.globalwealth.ie
 
It's hard to know without detail on your pension situation and the rental property.

I wouldn't be in a rush to pay down tracker. You will never get cheaper money and at household level you should first maximise tax-relieved pension contributions probably fully in equities.
 
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