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 […]

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 […]

How well do YOU understand the offside rule in football? Apparently, almost three in five people (59%) can confidently describe football’s offside rule; and more than half (53%) know what VAR (Virtual assistant Referee)  stands for. The same percentage (53%) know that 30 minutes of extra time could be played if the final result of […]

New research by Mercer will make welcome reading for many Defined Benefit pension holders: the aggregate surplus across company accounts of FTSE 350 pension funds soared to £79 billion in May 2024, the highest level ever recorded. However the announcement does come with a caveat. Mercer’s Pensions Risk Survey shows the value of liabilities for […]

All over the world, as populations age and the numbers of working age people “coming through the system” goes down, countries are looking to raise their state retirement age… many have staged increases already planned. So how does the UK rank in all of this, and when can you expect to enjoy the five-figure annual […]

If you, or your partner, have been providing childcare during term-time or school holidays, you may be able to qualify for a State Pension top up that will typically boost payments by more than £6,000 over a 20-year retirement period. The top up (known as the Specified Adult Childcare credit) can plug gaps in your […]

What is the average income in retirement for today’s retirees… where is the income coming from, which regions are doing best and what trends can we see emerging? New data from the ONS reveals all. The Family Resources Survey (FRS) for the financial year ending (FYE) 2023 has just been published by ONS and it […]

March marked the tenth anniversary of the announcement of “Pension Freedom and Choice” reforms which, along with Auto-Enrolment, represented the two major shifts in pension policy enacted under George Osborne. What have been the long-term impacts for savers? asks Tony Watts OBE. Up until then, savers reaching retirement were all channelled down the annuity route. […]

It’s not just how much you earn that helps individuals enjoy a “resilient retirement” as a new survey has just revealed… While how much you earn will play a big part in helping individuals and couples enjoy a comfortable retirement, other factors do come into play according to new research from Hargreaves Lansdown, published as […]

A new report has laid bare the gap in pension pot sizes between men and women at retirement – and how many more years women would need to work to make up the shortfall. New research from the Now Pensions and the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) shows that, on average, UK women need to work […]