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All About Money Purchase Schemes
Also known as ‘defined contribution’ pensions, money purchase schemes enable your employer (and you) to pay money into your retirement fund, supplementing the income...
Am I too Late to Start a Pension?
People in their forties, fifties and sixties often start to grow increasingly concerned that they haven’t made any savings for their retirement. So is it ever too...
Final Salary Schemes
Traditionally, final salary schemes have been considered a generous way for a company to reward their employees as they entire retirement. However, few companies can...
How Can I Transfer My Pension?
There are several reasons why you might want to transfer your pension. Perhaps you have changed jobs, been made redundant or you are simply not happy with how your...
How Much Pension Will I Need?
It’s a question that concerns anyone trying to save for their retirement. How much do they need to save and how much will they need to live on when they retire?...
Pension Planning in Your 20s, 30s and 40s
It is all too easy to keep putting off saving for your retirement. But the sooner you start paying money into a pension, the better. The earlier...
Self Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPS)
If you are looking for a greater say in how your pension fund is managed, then a self-invested personal pension (SIPP) will give you precisely that....
The State Pension Explained
Everyone wants to be able to look forward to a comfortable retirement. But with people living longer and with the cost of living rising, can you be sure that the...
Understanding Annuities and Getting the Best Deal
When we reach pensionable age, most of us will have the task of choosing an annuity.
Annuities have received a bad press over the last few years,...
What is Serps?
Until April 2002, the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme, or Serps, was the name given to the government's additional pension scheme.
The scheme had been...
Your Pension Questions Answered
Pension rules and regulations are often complex and hard to follow, and pension policy changes are commonplace. Here are some questions and answers relating to...
