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Credit crunch 'will cause retirement pensions shortfall' - 16th March, 2009
The credit crunch has left many people in the UK predicting that they will receive less money than expected from their retirement pensions.
Personal pension plan provider Prudential has conducted a survey which reveals that the 3.25 million adults who are expecting to retire this year are predicting that they will be £2.87 billion worse off that those who retired last year...
Friends Provident: Brits gloomy about retirement pension prospects - 16th March, 2009
Friends Provident has published research which reveals that many people in the UK are pessimistic about whether their personal pension plans will be enough to live off in retirement.

Nearly two-thirds of the people who responded to Friends Provident's survey claimed that they are worried that their retirement pensions will not provide enough for them to live comfortably...
'Sandwich generation' spends £5.9bn a year - 13th March, 2009
Retirement pensions can make the difference between an adults' child becoming part of the financially pressured sandwich generation and being able to live comfortably, research by LV= has suggested.
The pensions advice and life insurance provider has calculated that around one in 20 adults in the UK is currently having to help meet the cost of caring for their parents, while also supporting their own children over the age of 18...
Top tips for maximising pension payments - 12th March, 2009
Pension advice and help is on the way from Standard Life, which has issued a list of top tips for people looking to maximise the amount they will be paid by their pension on retirement.
The top tips include depositing the maximum amount into pension schemes in each tax year to take advantage of the full annual allowance...
Equity release 'may help with retirement pensions' - 10th March, 2009
Saga has published research which reveals that equity release may provide a solution to one of the perennial problems facing elderly people claiming retirement pensions.
The personal pension plan provider conducted a survey which shows that 89 per cent of over-50s believe their house is "more than just bricks and mortar" and 48 per cent say it is where they want to grow old...
Uses of equity 'differ in the UK' - 10th March, 2009
Key Retirement Solutions, a personal pension plan provider, has conducted research which reveals that the use of equity differs depending on a person's age and where they live in the UK.
Equity released from property investments can be used to supplement retirement pensions, but 67 per cent of those in the 55-59 age bracket - who have yet to reach retirement age - are likely to use it to pay off their outstanding debts or mortgage...
Prudential launches new annuity - 9th March, 2009
Prudential has announced the launch of a new annuity which it claims will help customers by offering them personal pension plans with increased flexibility.
The Income Choice Annuity, as the new product is known, will be available for customers with pension pots of £10,000 after tax-free cash has been taken.
According to Prudential, which provides pensions advice alongside its personal pension plans, the majority of people in the UK have less than £20,000 with which to buy their annuity.
Karin Brown, annuities business director at Prudential, said: "People in retirement should be able to choose an income level which suits their changing needs and has the potential to grow throughout their retirement."
Retirement pensions have been big news recently after figures released by the Alliance Trust revealed that pensioners face a higher rate of inflation than the general population, as they spend a larger proportion of their income on essentials such as food and heating...
State pensions countdown begins, says Friends Provident - 6th March, 2009
Friends Provident has warned workers that they only have 30 days to top up their state pension before government changes take effect.
The company said that there is now just a month left for people to buy missing National Insurance (NI) contributions before the state increases the cost of doing so by almost half...
'Fred the shred' refuses to give up pension - 27th February, 2009
Sir Fred Goodwin, the former chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), is coming under increasing pressure to relinquish some or all of his £650,000-a-year pension settlement.
The banker, whose polices at RBS earned him the nickname Fred the Shred, declined a request from the government to give up the pension he was awarded after he stepped down when his bank was first bailed-out last year...
Alliance Trust: Pensioners face higher inflation rates - 18th February, 2009
Pensioners are being hit particularly hard by the credit crunch, according to the Alliance Trust, because they face a higher rate of inflation than the general population.
Official figures released recently put the headline rate of inflation at three per cent, but research by the Alliance Trust has revealed that over-75s face an inflation rate which is "far higher", at 5.4 per cent...

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