Category: Lifestyle

  • Young women worse off than their mothers and grandmothers

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    Arthur Beverly
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    Today’s women risk being worse off than their partners, mothers or grandparents, despite improvements in gender equality, a report has suggested. The Chartered Insurance Institute’s “Securing The Financial Futures of The Next Generation” Report describes today’s women as “profoundly more exposed to financial difficulty” than their male partners, mothers or grandmothers. The report identified six key…

  • Start early to plan for retirement.

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    JD
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    We live in a time when the state pension age is increasing, the number of DB (Defined Benefit) Pension Schemes open to new members is decreasing, and more and more individuals will rely on DC (Defined Contribution) Pension Schemes in their retirement. As a result of Auto Enrolment, it’s true to say the more people…