5+ day, 42+ min 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+ week, 1+ 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+ week, 4+ day 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+ week, 5+ day 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…...

3+ week, 4+ hour 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…...

3+ week, 4+ day 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…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (640+ words) Thousands of pensioners are failing to claim money owed to them, with up to three-quarters of those eligible missing out on an average of "1,339 a year, a new report has revealed. Figures from retirement specialists Just Group show that more…...

1+ 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…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (904+ words) More than a quarter of pension savers in salary sacrifice schemes are aiming to boost their contributions before a squeeze on the schemes takes effect, a survey indicates. And around one in 10 said they expect to decrease their pension contributions…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (1264+ words) At least 18 million people could be offered extra help with their investments and pensions over the next decade with the "game changing" introduction of targeted support, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said. It will mean firms can make specific…...