Category: annuity & savings & Uncategorized
Retirement Advantage is warning that more work is needed to ensure people understand the benefits of the new annuity products available following the introduction of the pension freedoms in April.
Category: Economy & Uncategorized
A news article posted by the private bank Duncan Lawrie recently suggested that with the General Election now fading into memory, short-term political uncertainty appears to have faded as well. Issues like the EU referendum and the devolution of more powers to Scotland are still bubbling away in the background, but the consequences are probably too far in the future to affect confidence today, so recent economic data has enjoyed a short-term fillip.
Category: pensions & retirement & savings & Uncategorized
The typical working over-45 year old faces a ÂŁ8,955 annual retirement income gap based on their current savings and investments â meaning they will rely heavily on a state pension that will still leave them short, the latest Aviva Real Retirement Report shows.
Category: Lifestyle & retirement & Uncategorized
If that latter description sounds like you, or someone you know, youâre in very good company. Many of todayâs over-60s are living life in a way that has a lot more in common with 20-somethings, despite four decades of age gap. Being part of a circle of close friends, catching up on social media and even the odd spot of online dating; theyâre enjoying life to the full in a way that previous generations would hardly have dared to dream of.
Category: Uncategorized
Pension saving could undergo a revolution following the Chancellorâs decision to launch a consultation on tax relief for pension contributions, according to recent post-Budget analysis by âThis Is Moneyâ. Currently, investors enjoy a big tax break when they pay into a pension, with high earners getting the greatest perk.
Category: Business & Economy & Housing & Uncategorized
International real estate advisor Savills has reported that total transaction volumes in the UK retail warehouse investment market totalled ÂŁ1.264 billion in the first half of 2015, marking a 28% increase on the ÂŁ981.95 million transacted in the same period last year.
