Get set and go for retirement
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Moneywise - Thu 29 May, 12:00 PM
Kelvin Martin, a 58-year-old retired stockbroker from Dagenham, wasn't going to bother shopping around for an annuity. His wife had different ideas...
Will care costs wipe our assets?
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Moneywise - Thu 19 Jul, 12:00 PM
PL, Bucks.
An unsecured pension dilemma
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Moneywise - Wed 18 Jul, 12:00 PM
MP, East Sussex.
Financial planning for old age
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Moneywise - Wed 21 Mar, 11:00 AM
It's certainly difficult to broach subjects like ill health, death and money with a loved one.
The countdown to retirement
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Moneywise - Thu 07 Dec, 11:00 AM
Work out what your income will be
Find out what shape your finances are in and income you can expect.
Invest to boost your retirement income
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Moneywise - Thu 05 Oct, 12:00 PM
The basic state pension can't be relied upon to guarantee us a decent standard of living when we retire.
How to downsize in retirement
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Moneywise - Wed 09 Aug, 12:00 PM
If you are not familiar with this scenario, there's a good chance you will be one day: you spend years trying to 'upsize' to your dream home, but when you retire you find council tax and utility bills have risen above inflation, life expectancy has lengthened, and the pension pot on which you have to live for the rest of your life is smaller than you expected.
By GE Life's reckoning, 60% of people will receive a lot less money than they expected when they retire, while research from Fidelity International has found the typical household sees their income drop by 50% in retirement.
So, unlocking cash from your biggest asset - your house - is the obvious way to fund your retirement.
Pensions: should you take your tax-free cash?
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Moneywise - Thu 03 Aug, 12:00 PM
Beating the taxman is one of the golden rules of financial planning.
Take your pension…and still work
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Moneywise - Wed 05 Apr, 12:00 PM
After a holiday to celebrate her retirement, 60-year-old Sue Kershaw from Cleckheaton in West Yorkshire decided she didn't want to give up work after all. 'I simply didn't feel old enough to give up my job,' she explains.
Sue had been working full-time as a typist and clerk in the lending services division of the Yorkshire Building Society for almost eight years.
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