Parents are urging their children to focus on saving rather than property as the mainstay of their pension planning. Aviva has revealed that 76% of parents advise their children that to rely solely on property is ‘too risky’.
Parents are urging their children to focus on saving rather than property as the mainstay of their pension planning. Aviva has revealed that 76% of parents advise their children that to rely solely on property is ‘too risky’.
As pensions annuity rates dip under 6%, pension income for new retirees is worsening. In 2009, 63% of retirees didn’t bother to shop around, opting to buy their pensions annuity from the first company that offered – their existing pensions provider. Using your ‘Open Market Option’ to compare pensions annuities can stack £100s on to your pension income.

State pensions, soon to be re-linked to inflation, are likely to be more generous than before. There will be more pensioners drawing state pensions, but less workers funding each pension. It’s not rocket science. Something’s gotta give. Where will you be, when the pensions timebomb blows?
Less than 1 in 5 people planning to retire in 2010 will take pension advice from a qualified pension planner, according to Prudential.

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.
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.

New rules on taxation may mean that standard company pensions are now an inefficient way of retirement saving for high earners, according to the pension benefits consultancy Pension Capital Strategies (PCS). Quality pensions advice from qualified specialists is needed to evaluate the new realities for members of company pensions schemes.

The average UK retired household pays out 30% of pension income to the taxman, according to new data published by insurer MetLife Europe.
UK pensioners lose this large slice of their pension income through a combination of direct and indirect taxes, which nets a total of £34 billion for the Revenue.

UK adults are now facing a retirement of 20 years plus, as men are predicted to live to 86 and women 89. Prudential reveals that 55% of British adults fear they may run out of finance in retirement, and are now boosting their pensions planning with second pensions, or other savings and investments.

Every UK company will soon be required to offer pensions to all employees, following the launch of the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST). However, employers who act now can still exempt themselves from NEST by setting up their own scheme.
















