Modern retirement planning – individual, cost-efficient, predictable

We don’t believe in compromises.

Least of all when it comes to your standard of living in retirement.

It is already clear to everyone today that the German statutory pension will not be enough. We help you achieve financial independence in retirement. For many people, retirement provision is their biggest investment – together, we plan the best way forward with you.

Development of a modern retirement plan with equity funds

Retirement calculator

Your pension gap – and what it costs to close it

Set your assumptions. The calculator shows live how much capital you need, which monthly savings rate is required – and what you can actually achieve with the amount you are able to save.

Assumptions

Set your parameters

Years until retirement18 years · 2044
Inflation p.a.2.0%
Desired pension in today’s money (net, monthly)€4,800
Return during savings phase p.a.9.0%
Return during drawdown phase p.a.3.4%
Drawdown period32 years
Eligible pensions, gross (today’s purchasing power)€3,609
Deduction for tax and health/long-term care insurance in retirement20%
Capital already saved€116,000
Savings rate

Simplified model for orientation only – not investment or tax advice. All values are nominal unless stated otherwise.

Target pension at retirement

€6,856

€4,800 today · 2.0% inflation

Eligible pensions at that point

€4,124

net, nominal

Gap to close

€2,732

monthly, nominal

Capital required

€851k

€850,673 · drawn down over 32 years

Required savings rate

€584

constant over 18 years

Total own contributions

€126k

Investment returns: €177k

Capital over time: build-up and drawdown

Nominal values. The peak marks the start of retirement.

2026Peak2076

Reality check

The reverse calculation: what can you actually achieve with a given savings rate?

Savings rate you can actually afford€500

Capital at retirement

€807k

nominal

Achievable income

€4,702

monthly, today’s purchasing power, incl. pensions

Goal achievement98%

Goal reached. With this savings rate, your desired standard of living in retirement is achievable.

Cost comparison: robo-advisor, unit-linked pension insurance, ETF portfolio and Neo Capital

You benefit from our independent advice and expertise.

We select a cost-efficient and flexible product for you. That is the only way you will reach your goal. Traditional insurance and banking products often have excessively high acquisition and administration costs. We advise you for a fee, free from commission pressure, and arrange transparent net-cost solutions.

Free initial consultation, including a status check of your existing contracts and portfolios.

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Our long-term investment strategy balances opportunities and risks. Based on scientific findings, we develop an individual retirement plan for you that reflects your investment horizon and risk appetite. Predictable, flexible and tax-optimised.

Modern retirement planning with equity funds – evidence-based, diversified, cost-efficient

Our recommendations follow an evidence-based, rules-based approach: we rely on broad market indices and systematic tilts towards scientifically well-documented risk premiums (e.g. company size, valuation, profitability). This way, you capture expected excess returns not through gut feeling, but in a structured and disciplined way. Practical implementation and cost control are key: consistent rebalancing, careful order and liquidity management, low total costs and – where appropriate – tax-efficient structures. Regular review meetings ensure that you have a dedicated point of contact and that we carefully adapt your portfolio to your life situation and goals. If you wish, you can integrate your own ETFs; switches are flexibly possible within the chosen structure. You also gain access to institutional share classes of rules-based funds on favourable terms that are often not available in a conventional private portfolio.

Around ten years before your planned retirement, we gradually reduce risk and shift parts of your assets into high-quality bonds to dampen fluctuations and stabilise your ability to draw an income. When retirement begins, you remain flexible: predictable withdrawal plans as a monthly supplementary pension, partial withdrawals with the remaining capital still invested, or a full payout – each tailored to your liquidity, taxes and need for security.

Let the markets work for you

Daily headlines test every investor’s discipline – yet over the long term, the equity and bond markets have above all been one thing: a long story of growth. If you invest broadly diversified and stay invested, you let exactly this development work for your own wealth building.

Growth of one euro from 1975 to 2025: Global Small Index €735, Global Large Value Index €406, MSCI World Index €156, European money market €7, inflation €3 – with historical market events
Growth of one euro, 1975–2025 (log scale). Source: Dimensional Fund Advisors. Hypothetical, illustrative presentation excluding transaction costs and taxes; direct investment in indices is not possible. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Personal advice – strategy instead of product sales

Choosing the right investment strategy raises many questions. We structure your retirement provision with clear building blocks (ETFs/funds), transparent costs and a predictable management process – whenever and wherever suits you.

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