2+ week, 4+ day ago  (501+ words) Women paid more into their pensions than men in January 2026, according to data from retirement firm PensionBee, for only the second time in its history, with females aged in their 40s driving the increase. Female customers contributed 104% of the amount men…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (427+ words) A final call has been made for a pension scheme for those left permanently disabled from an incident in Northern Ireland's troubled past. The Victims' Payments Board is particularly keen to reach those who suffered a permanent disablement, either physical…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago  (526+ words) Some people who are considering starting a new savings habit or building on an existing one as the new tax year approaches in April may be able to get a clearer idea of their savings goals by grouping them into…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1104+ words) People are putting bigger amounts of cash into retirement annuities " with the average annuity passing "80,000 for the first time and sales of annuities for over "250,000 and "500,000 having jumped, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). Annuities allow people to…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (323+ words) One in eight (13%) people would rather go to the dentist than spend just an hour planning their retirement, according to Which? A quarter (27%) of people reported that they would prefer to do a deep clean of the bathroom than plan…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (757+ words) Concerns that plans to restrict rules around salary sacrifice schemes for pensions could hit workers on only modest incomes have been raised, following the publication of new analysis. From April 2029, salary-sacrificed pension contributions above an annual "2,000 threshold will no longer…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (425+ words) American downhill skier Lindsey Vonn has her sights set on Olympic gold once again, despite one bionic knee and another with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament. Olympic champion Vonn retired before the previous Winter Olympics with a broken body, only…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (877+ words) Pension savers should be offered free retirement funds "health checks" to help avert a potential retirement under-savings crisis, a think tank is urging. The Social Market Foundation (SMF), along with savings and investment firm M&G, is calling for health…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (860+ words) The financial services sector needs to recognise the "hidden" factors stopping women from saving and planning for later life " rather than focusing on a perceived lack of female confidence in financial planning, according to a report. The study, supported by…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (867+ words) Did you know that a woman in the UK has to work an extra 19 years on average to get the same pension outcome as a man? Every time I quote that statistic people are shocked, yet this issue has been…...