Women are more likely to consider using their pension provider’s guided retirement option than their male counterparts, according to new research.
Two in five women (35%) with investible assets of over £250,000 are concerned they will miss out on the retirement they want and expect, compared with 20% of men, according to a new report.
A new report published today by the Department for Work and Pensions ahead of the Pensions Commission report expected later this week has highlighted a widening gender pensions gap.
The number of centenarians in England and Wales (people aged 100 and over) increased 22% to 15,300 in 2024 compared to a decade earlier (2014: 12,600), according to new data from the Office for National Statistics.
Pension savers have maintained strong contribution levels in the first half of 2025, sustaining the record momentum seen in 2024, according to new analysis of their own customers by pension specialist PensionBee.
One in six (15%) pension savers surveyed earlier this year say they have no idea who will be the beneficiary of their pension when they die.
Men’s DC pension pots are twice the size of women’s on average, according to new analysis from pensions consultancy Broadstone.
CPI inflation fell unexpectedly in December to 2.5% from 2.6% in November after two months of rises.
The planned introduction of Pensions Dashboards in 2026 could mean losses from poor pension transfers costing savers over £2bn if they unwittingly move to higher charging plans, a provider has warned.
The State Pension will rise by 4.1% in April when the Triple Lock is implemented in full, the Chancellor said today in her Budget.
Employers' National Insurance will rise from 13.8% to 15% in April but Employee National Insurance will remain unchanged, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in her Budget today.
The total value of ‘lost’ pension pots - pensions which have become ‘disconnected’ with their owners - increased by £4.5bn from £26.6bn to £31.1bn between 2022 and 2024, by the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has revealed in a new report.
By the time women reach age 55 they have on average 43% less in their pension pot than men, according to data from Royal London.
While we wait for the Budget and its threatened changes to pensions taxation with bated breath, it’s worth remembering that the public is beginning to accept that retirement, while not yet extinct as a notion, is not quite what it was.
