What is the gender pension gap and how can women make more of their pension?

Death comes to us all, but are we prepared financially. Whilst leaving debts paid, family secure etc. are important, there is also the aspect of ensuring affairs are in order, and a will has been written. A recent trial in UK where a will writer was charged with stealing over £300,000 from aged clients. Firstly…

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What figure do you have in mind when it comes to your retirement nest egg ? Anyone close to retirement will have these thoughts. Perhaps it would have been more prudent if they had thought about these matters much longer ago. However, we cannot turn the clock back, so the question remains, “how much is…

More than 90,000 Royal Mail staff have been warned that their final salary pension is “unaffordable” and could be shut down, as experts warn a raft of other private companies will follow suit. Royal Mail has written to employees telling them their “gold-plated” pension scheme may be closed because a deterioration in financial market conditions means…

A late-day rally lifted US stocks on Friday, after another week-long sell-off sent the S&P 500 briefly into bear market territory. The broad measure ended the session little changed after earlier falling as much as 2.3%, bringing it more than 20% below its 3 January all-time high — the technical definition of a bear market.  The…

Your twenties were a time to explore career and financial investment trade offs against your long-term goals. Your thirties were a time to start planning for your future. Now, you’re in your forties, perhaps that has left you with a higher income, or maybe it has left you wondering about an early retirement. Regardless of your personal circumstances,…