How do we face up to the prospect of a retirement age receding into the future and diminishing returns on the money we put away to keep us comfortable in our old age? By Tony Watts OBE Has the time come to question whether the concept of “retirement” is no longer one we can take […]

How can you know if or when you can afford to retire with pensions and investments values on a rollercoaster? Or if what you’ve saved and invested will provide you with a comfortable retirement in the current uncertain economic climate? And for how long? The Government and the financial sector are pushing hard to make […]

  UK’s only consumer retirement dashboard with live investment values launched RetireEasy Premium to go live on 30 September As Royal London closes existing service Information becomes ‘ever more important’ in volatile market LONDON, 29 SEPTEMBER 2016 – The UK’s only independent retirement planning tool with live daily updates on stocks and fund values will be […]

A new study by LV= reveals that the average length of time we stay in a care home towards the end of our life has now stretched out to just over two and a half years. Again on average, that’s enough to take £75,000 out of your funds… if your care needs are modest and […]

A new study from the States tells us something we already knew but probably couldn’t be bothered to make a fuss about: that older people are significantly underrepresented in movies. And when they do appear, they are rarely in lead parts, or seen using technology, and they are often the butt of ageist jokes. Of […]

In interviews with Professional Adviser and FT Adviser, former pensions minister Ros Altmann has painted a bleak picture of the prospects of the women’s pensions age campaign. More revelations are emerging about the problems Baroness Ros Altmann faced during her time as pensions minister in persuading the Government to reconsider the timing of changes to […]

Social media is no longer regarded as the province of the young… increasingly older people are    making good use of it to keep in touch – and even regain touch with old friends. By Tony Watts OBE I was driving past one of my favourite pubs the other day (The Ring of Bells in Compton […]

Money Mail has reported that many of those heading into retirement face far lower pension returns than they had been led to believe. For example, a retiree who has put away £200 a month for the last 20 years will receive as little as £3,774 a year – rather than the £29,000 they were told […]

Two of the many heads to roll with the recent change at the top of the Government, writes Tony Watts OBE, were those of Stephen Crabb and Baroness Ros Altmann: the duo (nominally at least) responsible for directing the future of pensions in this country. While Crabb has elected to “spend more time with his […]

Up to one in 10 of over-55s homeowners across the UK are still paying interest-only mortgages, with some facing the prospect of not being able to clear their debt when the deal runs out. The conclusions come from new research from Homewise, which specialises in home purchase options for the over 60s. Its independent research among […]