The financial realities of getting older
Life is full of challenges and possibly the single biggest challenge of longer life expectancy is working out how to finance it. There...
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Jan 17, 20203 min read
Perfecting Your Pension
Even though there are plenty of ways you can potentially save for your retirement, saving via a pension scheme remains one of the most...
Oct 10, 20193 min read
Is it time to say goodbye to annuities?
Times change but sometimes it can take a while for established systems to catch up with this fact. For example, it took until 2015 for...
Aug 9, 20193 min read
Understanding the basics of workplace pensions
There’s no such thing as a free lunch and you can’t have your cake and eat it. You can, however, make use of tax breaks to reduce the...
Jun 28, 20193 min read
Understanding the value of a pension
There are many ways of saving for retirement, but the option of saving through a pension scheme remains a firm favourite. There are many...
Apr 26, 20193 min read
Making the most of your pension allocation
Politicians of all persuasions clearly believe that saving for our old age is a good idea and are particularly keen on encouraging us to...
Feb 8, 20193 min read
How much money do you really need to retire?
General figures about the cost of retirement income can have their uses, but the fact of the matter is that, like many aspects of life,...
Jan 18, 20193 min read
The retirement income conundrum
Assets are nice to have but it’s income which pays the bills, literally. This reality may pose something of a conundrum for modern...
Nov 2, 20183 min read
The pay gap continues in retirement
The UK media recently had something of a reporting frenzy when companies with more than 250 employees were forced to reveal their pay...
Sep 28, 20183 min read
Evaluating auto enrolment contributions
Appreciating the importance of saving for our later years is absolutely nothing new. A quick look at the literature of centuries gone by...
Aug 31, 20183 min read
The latest on auto enrolment
The Pensions Act 2008 laid the grounds for what we now know as auto enrolment and by this point in time it is essentially a fact of life...
Aug 17, 20183 min read
Ensuring a comfortable retirement for yourself
Some quiz shows allow contestants to “stop the clock” but in real life, time marches onwards relentlessly and therefore preparing for our...
Jul 6, 20183 min read
Don't Fall For Pension Scams
It is harsh but probably true to say that where there is a person who has money, there is very likely to be someone out there who wants...
Feb 23, 20183 min read
Pension Death Benefits
The importance of saving for retirement has been really driven home over recent years, particularly with the auto-enrolment campaign...
Feb 1, 20183 min read
What Price Retirement?
When it comes to working out how much money you’ll need to pay for something, you need to have at least a reasonable idea of how much...
Jan 12, 20183 min read
Stop Your Pension Becoming Taxing
Managing your money in a tax-efficient manner is generally to be recommended at any stage in life, but it’s arguably most important for...
Dec 22, 20173 min read
Top Financial stories of 2017
As we prepare to bid a (fond) farewell to the year 2017, here’s a quick round up of the year’s main financial news. January While it...
Dec 15, 20173 min read
State Pension - All You Need To Know
If you were born after the 5th of April 1951 (for men) or 1953 (for women), you will receive what is being called the “new state pension”...
Oct 13, 20173 min read
The Importance of Good Pension Advice
Good advice can be invaluable and when it comes to pensions, getting the right advice at the right stage in your life can make all the...
Sep 15, 20173 min read
Making A Retirement For Those Who Make A Home
Children are expensive and as soon as you know you’re having one, planning for their arrival and taking care of them once they’ve arrived...
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