Pensions
As final-salary plans retire, keep a close eye on the options
Firms face huge fund deficits and few workers look forward to a guaranteed pension. Julian Knight and Chiara Cavaglieri look at the alternatives
Inside Pensions
Pensions expert predicts work 'till you're 70 era
Saturday, 8 August 2009
The state pension retirement age could be heading towards 70 as more people live longer, the country's pension supremo warned today.
Big names among poor pension providers
Sunday, 2 August 2009
Some of the biggest names in UK financial services feature in a list of the worst performing pension funds compiled by money analysis website howmuchdoineedtoretire.co.uk. Abbey, Friends Provident, Scottish Life and Clerical Medical occupy the bottom four places when it comes to pension fund performance over the past 10 years, the website said.
Wealth check: What should I do about my pension?
Sunday, 26 July 2009
In these risk-averse times, a 46-year-old woman with two children wants to know how to prepare for the long-term future. Harriet Meyer reports
A Sipp can boost your pot, but you need a strong head
Sunday, 19 July 2009
Self-invested personal pensions promise a lot – but do they deliver? Alessia Horwich and Julian Knight report
American Express? That won't do nicely
Saturday, 18 July 2009
Amex workers in the UK will count the cost of its decision to stop paying into its employees' pension scheme contributions
Poverty-hit pensioners miss out on cash lifeline
Saturday, 4 July 2009
Half a million poverty-hit pensioners could be put back on a firm financial footing simply by taking up the state benefits they are eligible for, a leading charity has claimed. Age Concern and Help the Aged says older people are turning down £5.4bn-worth of extra cash that is rightfully theirs. The money is made up of means-tested benefits and allowances that pensioners fail to claim.
Beware provider's charges that could kill growth in your portfolio
Sunday, 28 June 2009
Julian Knight advises how to avoid falling prey to high fees levied by pension and investment firms
Workers wait for pension funds decision
Sunday, 14 June 2009
Nearly 200,000 workplace pension scheme members are waiting to see whether their funds will need help from the Pension Protection Fund.
Julian Knight: Another day, another pensions chief – and it will all end in tears
Sunday, 7 June 2009
So yet another Work and Pensions secretary bites the dust. This time around, James Purnell has chosen to take the long walk off a short pier in a bid to be a latter-day Michael Heseltine. He may get his wish as far as Gordon Brown going is concerned, but he's definitely no Hezza.
Pension deficits soar on inflation fears
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
The funding shortfall faced by the UK's biggest defined benefit pension schemes soared five-fold during May, figures showed yesterday.
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