Here are the expert tips you need to ensure you enjoy a comfortable retirement New research from Standard Life reveals that one in four (24%) people aged 55 and over have never checked their pension, highlighting how a worrying number of people fast approaching retirement age have not engaged with their finances. Standard’s Life research […]

A comprehensive new report looks back at how pensions have evolved over the past 50 years… and looks ahead to what savers and investors should expect in the next decade. The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has released “A 50-Year Retrospective”, sponsored by Capita Pension Solutions, to mark its 50th anniversary. As well as analysing how […]

A survey by challenger bank Monument, which targets people with more than £100,000 in financial assets excluding their main residence and pension, has researched prevailing levels of confidence across retirement provisions and investments. The research shows that those aged 34 to 54 are the least confident about their finances: among this age group, 27% expressed uncertainty […]

Do you know precisely how much is going into your pension each year, including contributions from your employer and the government? A­ worrying number of people don’t – especially those aged over 55. A new survey carried out by Opinium on behalf of HL has revealed that a large number of people have no idea […]

A new report shows just how few people have set clear financial goals and a budget for their retirement… and the dangers this poses. Many workers have dreams for their retirement, with 87% of workers having clear aspirations for their retirement… including holidays, spending time with family, pursuing hobbies, and spending more time with a […]

There are now an estimated 3.3 million lost pots waiting to be claimed in the UK, worth a mighty £31.1 billion, according to research from the Pensions Policy Institute. Might you have a pension pot sitting somewhere, waiting for you to claim it? New figures show that – despite all of the publicity around lost […]

Just how well prepared for retirement are the nations 4.25m self-employed workers and what can be done to encourage or enable more pension saving? That the knotty problem addressed in a new report led by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in partnership with the abrdn Financial Fairness Trust. While many rely on other forms of […]

Almost three-quarters (74%) of Brits, both in the UK and abroad, are not on track to retire with sufficient funds to maintain their current lifestyle, reveals a new survey by independent financial advisors deVere Group. The survey results suggest that many people are underestimating how much they need to save for retirement, which could have […]

New figures show that many people have miscalculated how much they would be spending in retirement, with almost a third overspending what they had allowed themselves. The new research from Pension Bee also lifts the lid on what the public think they will need in retirement, depending upon their age now… and the stats show […]

A whopping 81 per cent of UK adults who took part in a recent survey said it was important to them to maintain their current lifestyle after retirement. But how assured were they about achieving that? New research shows that less than half of UK adults are confident they will be able to enjoy financial freedom […]