Pension Freedoms: Ignorance isn’t bliss
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” Attributed to Chinese philosopher Confucius, this timeless phrase has never been more apt than when applied to the topic of Pension Freedoms. A new report,…
Financial security could be the key to living ‘the good life’
For Tom and Barbara Good, ‘The Good Life’ meant ditching the corporate world and working towards a self-sufficient lifestyle. Over 40 years after the sitcom originally aired, people across the globe are still searching for…
50% of Baby Boomer generation could lose money by not updating their retirement age
A study by Dunstan Thomas shows that 51% of people aged 54-71 have not told their pension providers whether their retirement plans have changed since they first took out the policy. Why does that matter?…
Why five million over-50s are planning to keep working instead
The days of the ‘cliff edge’ retirement are over. Where you would once be working one day and retired the next, many people are starting to take a more flexible approach to the end of…
Millennials taking a greater interest in retirement planning
Millennials. If the media is anything to go by; they are lazy, entitled narcissists. However, new research from Prudential reveals that the demographic commonly blamed for being more interested in selfies than Self-Invested Personal Pensions,…
Retirement: Why saving too much, in the wrong place, could cost you thousands
It may seem like the ultimate first world problem. However, saving too much into a pension could cost you tens of thousands of pounds in unnecessary tax. We all need to prepare for retirement. In…
