Financial Planning For Professional Athletes
As a professional athlete, you’ve learned to combine hard work, your natural abilities, and the opportunities in front of you to make the most of your potential. But being at the top of your game on the field or on the court doesn’t mean you’ll dominate your finances.
If you want to turn in an MVP performance in life as well as sport, having the right coaches can make all the difference.
Professional athletes have unique financial planning needs. At MyFuture, our Qualified Financial Advisers understand these needs and have the knowledge and experience to provide you with personalised service that protects you now, secures your future, and keeps you prepared for whatever life throws at you.
Whether you’re just beginning your career as a professional athlete or you’re thinking about your retirement potential, there are ample opportunities for you to make the most of your income, manage it wisely, and make it last well beyond your playing years. Make your hard-earned money last a lifetime with help from the experts at MyFuture.
Financial Planning For Professional Athletes
Professional athletes can earn six-, seven-, or even eight-figure salaries over what most people would consider is a brief career. This is more than the average worker will likely see throughout their lifetime. But these high salaries can provide a false sense of security if your money isn’t managed wisely.
Knowing where and how to invest your money means finding the sweet spot between risk and reward so you can continue to reap the benefits of your hard work all the way through your golden years.
This is where financial planning takes the podium.
Laying the foundations of solid financial security will enable you to pursue the lifestyle you’re accustomed to or the lifestyle you want, whatever that may be. You’ve put in the hard work to reach the top levels of sport, but enjoying your earnings won’t require you to jump through the same hoops.
When you’re on the right team, your financial planner can do the hard work and set you up for success every step of the way.
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How Does Financial Planning For Professional Athletes Work?
We know that you have put your blood, sweat, and tears into reaching the pinnacle of your sporting world, so you should be able to enjoy retirement for decades to come. That’s why the team at MyFuture provides a personalised service that puts your needs first. The financial planning process follows a proven 6-step process to make sure all your bases are covered and your financial needs are met.
What is our 6-Step Financial Advice Process?
The 6-step financial advice process is the international benchmark for financial planning. This holistic approach is proven to increase the likelihood of you achieving your financial goals.
Discovery Session
This is our opportunity to get to know you better, understand your financial goals (short, medium and long-term), and what resources you have to achieve those goals.
Research & Recommendations
During these steps, we do the research, run the numbers, document and present our recommendations to you. This can be a comprehensive financial plan focused on long-term wealth creation and/or a statement of advice focused on your more immediate financial needs. We will need to verify the information you provided during the Discovery Session by requesting supporting documents such as loan and savings account balances, payslips, etc. This ensures we are using highly accurate information when developing our recommendations.
Implementation
This step is all about implementing the recommendations. We don’t just provide the recommendation; we take responsibility for helping you implement it. This could involve helping you to complete application forms, working with a broker to restructure your lending, or finding you suitable investments. We understand you’re busy, so our goal is to make your financial world as easy as possible by doing as much as we can in-house for you. However, ultimately, we never have access to your money and cannot sign anything on your behalf, so you need to be an active, willing, and ideally enthusiastic participant in this process.
Ongoing Service & Reviews
This is where the real fun begins—managing and tracking your long-term financial success. We have periodic reviews to ensure your strategy is still appropriate if your goals or circumstances have changed. We adjust when necessary and provide annual snapshots so you can see your progress over time. Most importantly, you have your very own trusted Personal Financial Adviser available anytime to help with the little or big stuff. Worried about making next month’s mortgage repayments? Call us. Your parents gave you an early inheritance? Call us. Broke up with your partner and split all your assets? Call us! We’re here for you every step of the way to ensure that whatever life throws at you, you stay on track with your long-term financial goals.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why Is Financial Planning For Professional Athletes Important?
With such lucrative earning potential at the most youthful time of your life, it’s easy to get carried away with living a lavish lifestyle, helping out family members, buying luxury goods, and generally enjoying the fruits of your labour. While we don’t blame you for living it up, a financial planner can make sure you can continue to live it up for as long as you’d like, well after your professional sports career has come to an end.
As a professional athlete, you’re in a unique position since you probably won’t be able to continue earning the big bucks until you’re long in the tooth. Thankfully, by protecting your assets, utilising effective tax saving techniques, investing strategically, and spending wisely, you can make your funds last regardless of whether or not your contract is renewed, you suffer a career-ending injury, or decide to walk away on your own terms.
Beyond providing financial independence and personal freedom, financial planning also lets you continue to dream big. Whatever your personal goals, whether you want to change careers, retire early, start a new business, or splash out on a new car or boat, your financial goals are within reach when you work with the right financial planner.
So what are you waiting for? The key to your financial freedom is at your fingertips, so get in touch with the Qualified Financial Advisers at MyFuture today and we can get started on helping you continue to live the dream. Book a FREE no obligation Discovery Session now.