Friday, May 21st, 2010
Less than 1 in 5 people planning to retire in 2010 will take pension advice from a qualified pension planner, according to Prudential.
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
The more you earn, the more likely you are to pay attention to good pension planning, either by joining a company pension scheme, or setting up a personal pension scheme. Lower earners and the self-employed are the social groups most likely to neglect pension planning, according to new research from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

The election and the ‘week of indecision’ caused stock market turbulence that played havoc with the projected pension income of savers. Your projected annual pension income could have varied by almost £800, depending on when you retired in the elections fortnight. What a difference a day makes … when you’ve a pension plan to worry about.
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
The cost of delaying your pension planning could require a massive increase in contributions, to attain a specific pension income. To retire on £10,000 a year you can start saving £125 per month at age 20. If you leave it until 50, this rises to £660.
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
The pensions landscape is braced for further changes, as a new Government is expected to continue reshaping pensions provision in the UK. The only certainty is that pension planning by the individual has never been more critical, in an age when other stakeholders seek only to reduce their commitment to pensions provision.
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Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Pension planning is on the minds of savers again, with 1 in 3 people thinking of setting up private pension schemes this year, compared with just 1 in 5 a year ago, according to Legal and General.
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Friday, March 26th, 2010

Using the facility of ‘substitution’ a divorced homemaker, who has never worked, can obtain a state pension, by claiming on her former partner’s National Insurance contributions.
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Monday, March 22nd, 2010
The average household is now £17,480 worse off than at the beginning of the recession 3 years ago, according to new data published today by MetLife Europe. For those nearing retirement, the losses may never be recouped. Financial planning and pension planning have never been more crucial.
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Friday, January 8th, 2010

Neglecting our pension and retirement planning appears to be an almost universal fault these days, but women’s pensions are more likely to be ignored than men’s, according to new facts from Scottish Widows.
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Monday, January 4th, 2010

Aviva is planning premium discounts on its critical illness insurances for those who have come through cancer, and would therefore not have cancer cover in their policy.
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