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Oct 20, 2021

Over-65s property wealth grows by £4,833 in six months

Properties owned outright by over-65s have increased in value by £24.2bn in the past six ...

Sep 07, 2021

State pension triple lock to be scrapped for one year

The earnings element of the state pension ‘triple lock’ will be abandoned for one year...

Sep 06, 2021

Millions of retirees don’t have enough emergency savings

Almost half of retirees in Britain don’t have enough money set aside for emergencies, ac...

May 19, 2021

Pension tax tweak could leave thousands better off

The government has been urged to tweak the rules around accessing tax-free money from your...

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May 12, 2021

Thousands of pensioners receiving no state pension at all

As many as 100,000 older people who receive no state pension may be missing out on money t...

Mar 25, 2021

Revealed: the winners of the Yourmoney.com Awards 2021

Discover which financial services providers offered the very best products and services ov...

Jan 25, 2021

Pension fund returns up in volatile 2020 but annuity income declines

The average annual pension fund returned 5% in 2020 but annuity income was down over 6% - ...

Nov 19, 2020

Widows and women aged 80+ may have pension records checked for underpayments

Widows and women over the age of 80 could have their state pension records checked by the ...

Nov 17, 2020

Retirement Interest-only mortgages branded ‘outright failure’

Retirement interest-only (RIO) mortgages have been branded an “outright failure” after...

Nov 05, 2020

Third of retirees still financially supporting family

A third of people approaching retirement this year continue to financially support their f...

Oct 29, 2020

A million low income retirees miss out on Pension Credit

Up to a million people entitled to receive Pension Credit failed to claim the benefit, mis...

Sep 24, 2020

BLOG: Will negative interest rates destroy annuities?

Annuities have gained a bit of a bad reputation in recent times. Although in the past they...

Sep 16, 2020

Retirees spend more than state pension pay as of today

Today marks ‘state pension shortfall day’ when the average retiree will have already s...

Sep 15, 2020

Women lose Court of Appeal fight against state pension age rise

Two women have lost their court case against state pension age rises that have hit million...

Sep 15, 2020

Retirees set for 2.5% state pension rise

The state pension could rise by 2.5% next year under a controversial formula – if the go...

Sep 04, 2020

BLOG: Could redundancy allow you to retire early?

With the government-funded furlough scheme coming to a close, there are clear signs of a t...

Aug 28, 2020

Over-65s property wealth grows by £6,000

The property wealth tied up in homes owned by over-65s who have paid off their mortgages h...

Jul 09, 2020

BLOG: Market volatility is one reason not to discount an annuity

Since the introduction of pension freedoms, far more savers have chosen to keep their pens...

Jun 17, 2020

Fresh threat to pension triple lock as furlough will skew formula

Distorted earnings growth in the post-coronavirus years threatens the existence of the pen...

Jun 05, 2020

Defined benefit fee change means pension transfers ‘only available to wealthy’

The City regulator has banned contingent charging on defined benefit pension transfers, le...

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