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Posts Tagged ‘Women and pensions’
Daughters look to mum for a lead on pensions
Monday, November 14th, 2011A third of young women say the experiences of their mother have influenced their attitude to pension saving, making them aware of the need to save more. However, four in five of them do not think their retirement will be as comfortable.
Women facing pension poverty
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011Nearly half of women aged 40 and over who are living with a partner have no pension of their own, research from Prudential found today.
Ask Jo: Where do I go for an annuity?
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011FMWF’s Personal Finance guru Jo Thornhill asnwers your questions. This week: “My mother has a small pension she’d like to tuin turn into an annuity? Where is the best place to go for advice and what questions should she ask?”
Women and Pensions: Comment by Jeff Prestridge
Sunday, October 16th, 2011Governments rarely make changes to pensions legislation without committing one blunder after another.
We’re still waiting: Campaign wins deal on women’s pensions – but for some it’s not enough
Sunday, October 16th, 2011Thousands of women in their mid-50s have been offered a partial – most claim inadequate – compromise arrangement after David Cameron agreed to an eleventh-hour concession in the Pensions Bill late last week. This follows months of concerted campaigning by Financial Mail and others on behalf of a group of women who were set to lose several years of pensions benefits with scant warning.
1950s’ women face ‘financial hardships’ as State pension age rises to 66
Thursday, October 13th, 2011The announcement that the State pension age will rise to 66 in 2020 still contains ‘very real financial dangers’ for women born in the 1950s.
Women and pensions: State pension age rise delayed by six months
Thursday, October 13th, 2011The Department for Work and Pensions announced that a plan to raise the state pension age to 66 in 2020 will be delayed by six months from April 2020 to October 2020.
