IT would appear that we are a nation of split personalities. First, the long-standing lament that we’re not taking retirement planning seriously enough was reinforced this week with research from HSBC suggesting that it drops to the bottom of the list of priorities for couples with families. Around 44 per cent of couples with children […]

Welcome to the very latest update from RetireEasy, the new online software programme that enables you to monitor your finances and control your own retirement. We start with news of an important new innovation now being made available. As from today (21st October) you can now choose between ‘Singles’ and ‘Couples’ versions of the software. […]

The recent abolition of the Default Retirement Age (DRA)is a much needed lifeline to those nearing retirement, according to Richard Collinson Co-Founder and CEO of RetireEasy.co.uk. The newly launched site provides the only comprehensive, online tool that empowers those in or nearing retirement to plan for their financial future.

Those coming up to retirement need all the help they can get to weather the punishing financial climate, says Lorna Bourke. Retirement planning is the area where savers most seek help from the experts, and in today’s investment environment it isn’t difficult to see why.

“Retirement,” writes leading 50+ writer Tony Watts, “is being redefined.” So how do you retain control of when you put your feet up?

AS European leaders struggle with the possibly terminal problems of the euro, and the US is buried equally in debt, these are grim days for savers of all ages – and especially for the over-50s thinking of giving up work. A survey by RetireEasy.co.uk, an online financial planning tool, reckons 79% of 50 -to -70 […]

There is plenty to worry about if your are retired or about to retire. The value of your pension pot has probably fallen over summer. Plus annuity rates are down, inflation is up, and many income drawdown investors are facing a shock drop in income.

Award Winning UK based start-up RetireEasy launches the UK’s first comprehensive solution for retirement planning.

Interest rates below inflation… annuity rates at historic lows… sliding property values… now is not necessarily a good time to retire. But is it all bad news? Tony Watts looks at what those in or entering retirement need to do to get the most from the years ahead.

Many people now look to their property as a key means of keeping them afloat in retirement – but what is the reality? By Tony Watts