Retirement
Aviva : need for pension awareness for European citizens
Aviva asks European institutions to support action to raise public attention on awareness of how much they will receive in retirement. Aviva’s latest report...
Standard Life : economic climate could lead to retirement rethink
Standard Life released new research suggesting that the UK could be heading towards a perfect retirement storm; one in five (21%) of 45-65 year...
Age UK : the right to work beyond 65
As of the 1st of October, workers will be protected from employers who want to fire them because they have reached an age considered...
Prudential : more than one third of UK workers have no pension
According to new research from Prudential, 35 per cent of workers in the UK admit to not having a pension plan, thus relying on...
Pensions : stable prices spur new deals
Pension transfer prices remain stable despite volatility in wider financial markets following the sovereign debt crisis, said benefits consultant Mercer, as two pension insurance...
British care home operator handed life-line
British care home operator Choices Care is to be restructured after falling into financial difficulties, administrator Zolfo Cooper said Friday, one month after the...
Aviva : new Fixed Term Retirement Plan
Aviva is launching its new Fixed Term Retirement Plan, a retirement income plan that doesn't lock customers in for life. It gives customers the...
Southern Cross : British care home agrees deal with creditors
Southern Cross, the troubled owner of 750 care homes in Britain, said it had reached an agreement with creditors and landlords to ensure that...
Scottish Widows : UK remains under-prepared for retirement as ingrained inertia takes hold
The annual Scottish Widows UK Pension Report 2011 reveals that 49 % of those who could and should be saving are preparing inadequately for...
Appointment : Philip Brown to join LV= as head of retirement propositions
Philip Brown is joining LV= as head of retirement propositions in August 2011.
Philip joins from Partnership, where he was head of retirement products...
Southern Cross : At-risk British care homes cut rent payments
Southern Cross, the troubled owner of 750 care homes in Britain, announced Wednesday it would pay a third less rent for the next four...
Prudential : research shows retirement gap between men and women
Men retiring in 2011 expect to receive 50 per cent more pension income than women, according to new research from Prudential.
Prudential's Class of...
Social Security, Medicare burning through funds
The United States is burning through its health care and retirement fund pools faster than planned, with the Medicare trust fund to be exhausted...
Drifting along in drawdown could wash retirement income down the drain
The scrapping of the age 75 annuitisation rule could inadvertently encourage people to stay in drawdown for longer than is suitable and mean they...
Aviva : research shows younger generation would rather support own parents in retirement than pay toward state pension
One in three people would sacrifice at least 10% of their income to support their parents in retirement, research from Aviva reveals today. This...
2011 retirement dreams on hold for more than a third
More than a third (38 per cent) of people due to retire in 2011 are cancelling their plans and delaying retirement, and a significant...
Study : UK savers need to add six years to working life or face large pension shortfall
To highlight many of the issues facing the UK's future pensioners, AXA Wealth has developed a new quantitative index measuring affordability and volatility in...
Prudential : numbers of poverty line pensioners on the rise
More than a third (35 per cent) of people planning to retire in the UK this year will do so with incomes below the...
Millions forced to wait longer for pensions under new bill
There is growing anger at the Government's broken promises on State Pension Age rises, according to Age UK, as new figures reveal the number...
Report : Aviva’s Real Retirement Report
Aviva’s fifth quarterly Real Retirement Report, which reviews the finances of the UK’s over-55s, finds that over the last year, average incomes have fallen...
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