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Tag: Savings
What is Friends Provident International Premier Advance Savings Plan?
If you are looking for a savings package that return more than the measly interest rates offered by banks, then this could be the...
Property Gains And Savings Rates Reach A Tipping Point
Savers have reached a tipping point where interest rates on cash in the bank is starting to outweigh the returns from property. For more than...
Company Pensions Slip £9 Billion In The Red
The pension schemes of Britain’s largest 350 companies tumbled £9 billion into the red last year. The 28% dip saw pension underfunding increase from £32...
250,000 NHS Staff Dump Generous Gold-Plated Pensions
Hordes of NHS workers are dumping their gold-plated pensions even though they could face an impoverished retirement. Nearly 250,000 staff have dropped out of the...
Low Paid Don’t Need Pension Tax Breaks, Claims Think-Tank
Don’t give pension saving tax breaks to the poor - they can’t afford to take advantage of them, says an international think-tank that comes...
Pension Transfer Frenzy Cooling
Pension fever is cooling as fewer workers request transfer amounts from providers and the shine goes from golden goodbyes as companies offer to less...
Is Your Pension Linked To How Good You Feel In Retirement?
Older people who tussle with their finances rather than investing in a guaranteed retirement income are more miserable, says a new survey. In a twist...
One In Three Over 50s Have No Retirement Savings
Nearly a third of the over 50s are looking forward to a miserable retirement because they have less than £1,000 in the bank or...
Budget 2018: Hammond Resists Raid On Pensions
Chancellor Phillip Hammond resisted the temptation to raid pensions to raise money for his spending spree in Budget 2018. In the lead up to the...
Millennials Fall £395,000 Short In Pension Saving Target
Retirement savers are wildly off target when they set pension goals, according to a new survey. Half of savers aged between 25 and 40 years...
Workers On The Move Lose Touch With £20 Billion Savings
A £20 billion cash mountain is piling because an ever-growing number of workers are losing touch with their retirement savings. Around 1.6 million missing savers...
Company Pensions Still £34 Billion In The Red
Britain’s biggest companies are still fighting with pension debt of more than £30 billion. The 350 largest companies listed on the FTSE stock exchange indices...
Slow And Expensive Pension Firms Named And Shamed
Pension providers are failing to keep their promises over how long they take to move money between each other. The worst providers can take up...
Brits Keen To Work On Rather Than Retire
British workers plan to phase in their retirement by spending part of their time working beyond their normal pension age. Research has revealed that British...
Retirement Is For Saving Not Big Spending
Older people are not big spenders in retirement and tend to keep the cash they have saved during their lifetime to pass on to...
Cash In Dormant Accounts Siphoned For Good Causes
Good causes may benefit from a donation of billions of pounds from untouched pensions, savings and investments squirrelled away and forgotten in the UK...
Millions Lose Track Of Their Pension Savings
Seven million retirement savers have lost track of at least some of their pension cash, according to new research. Although two-thirds (64%) of savers have...
How Much Will Your Retirement Cost?
One of the big problems about working out how much retirement income you will have to spend is what your living expenses are likely...
Pension Income Gulf Is Worsening For Women
The pension income gap is widening - with women having more than £80 a week less to spend than men. New research shows that retirement...
Millions Fear Pension Timebomb Will Ruin Retirement
The retirement plans of millions of workers are at risk from billions of pounds of underfunding in employer pension schemes. The numbers are big -...