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 […]

As pension scammers continue to prey upon the unwary, Pension Life has published their top five tips on how to avoid becoming a victim The list from Pension Life, which represents victims of numerous dubious schemes with total losses in excess of £2bn, comes as the organisation says an increasing number of people are falling victim […]

Changing demographics and shifting attitudes amongst employers mean that greater numbers of older people than ever before are now in the UK workforce – and indicate that “early retirement” could become “a thing of the past” by 2029. The latest official employment figures show that 9.67m workers aged 50+ are now in employment. This is the […]