Articles in the Pensions Category
Finally Started Making Pension Contributions
September 23rd, 2008
On the day that we learn that pension scheme membership is falling, I’ve bucked the trend and actually started making my own contributions into the company pension scheme.
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Pensions vs Buy-To-Let
January 10th, 2008
Plonkee has written a couple of brilliant articles this week comparing the pros and cons (and maths) of funding your retirement with a pension or buy-to-let properties.
The maths is pretty complicated but also intriguing; in her calculations, the buy-to-let option comes out on top, although she concludes that …
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Pensions or ISAs To See You Through Retirement?
November 5th, 2007
I’ve been wondering for a while about the validity of using ISAs to fund your retirement, as a possible alternative to contributing to a traditional pension. With the complexity surrounding pensions, ISAs could provide a simpler, more accessible option.
There are of course plenty of factors to take into account: tax …
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How Much Do You Need For A Comfortable Retirement?
July 22nd, 2007
For those of us in our 20s and 30s, saving for retirement is often the furthest thing from our minds, and even when we do have to think about it, estimating just how much we need in our pension pot in order to enjoy a comfortable retirement is pretty difficult.
A …
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Britons Start Pension At 28 On Average
March 5th, 2007
I’m often bemoaning the lack of thought that us Brits put into our retirement here on Money Watch, so I was surprised to learn that on average, we Brits start our pensions at the age of 28.
Axa’s Global Retirement Scope study said the average worker in the US started
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This Is Money: Pensions Watchdog Bans Trustee Who Lied
January 16th, 2007
The Pensions Regulator has issued its first ever disqualification of a trustee who lied to bosses and lined his own pockets
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Scotsman: Women Penalised For Divorce In Pension Claim Scandal
January 14th, 2007
IT EMERGED last week that thousands of people who won the right to a share of their husband’s (or wife’s) pension in the divorce courts will be left with nothing.
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Scotsman: Trusts Let Me Spread The Risk
January 14th, 2007
REITs may have only just arrived in the UK, but David Macdonald, a 52-year-old company director, has been benefiting from holding them in his pension for almost a year, writes Lindsey Rogerson.
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Scotsman: Don’t Believe Everything You Hear
January 13th, 2007
WHAT’S happened to our pensions over the last ten years is no laughing matter. Mind you Tommy Cooper caused a few when he said he fancied taking out a pension plan once but couldn’t understand the application form.
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Scotsman: Move Quick To Get Under Australian Bar
January 13th, 2007
SEEKING out a new life down under could have costly implications as a result of important changes to Australia’s pension tax rules coming into force this year.
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