Half of all married men at retirement purchase a single life annuity despite risk of leaving their spouse without any private pension income should they pass away sooner, according to research by Standard Life.
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We’re not the retiring type! Why more and more women are determined to keep their jobs
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010The older employee is here to stay. Within 20 years, the bulk of the workforce in the developed world will be over 50.
Brainy girls play it smarter for £3,000
Sunday, March 7th, 2010Six students from Withington Girls’ School in Manchester last week carried off the £3,000 prize in this year’s Apprentice Challenge from Financial Mail, sponsored by Royal Bank of Scotland’s MoneySense educational programme.
Pensions apartheid: How women are missing out by being born on the wrong date
Thursday, March 4th, 2010Women who turn 60 before April 6 this year will qualify for only three-quarters of the state pension if they have worked for less than 39 years.
Tax code fiasco hits thousands of elderly women
Saturday, February 13th, 2010Pensioners are the latest victims of tax code blunders. HM Revenue & Customs is issuing incorrect tax codes which mean that, from the start of the new tax year, they might be paying the wrong amount of tax.
Men are more clued-up than women when it comes to planning for their future
Wednesday, February 10th, 201028 to 40 year-olds who grew up in the nineties and noughties so fascinated by the past they don’t plan for the future.
Two million pensioners are living in poverty – with half unable to afford heating
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010Half of these are living alone and unable to afford fuel – meaning they have to spend more than 10 per cent of their income on heating.
Employment law: Pensions
Sunday, January 24th, 2010From 2012 larger employers with more than 120,000 staff will be compelled to begin paying into the new National Employment Savings Trust unless they have their own superior scheme up and running.
