Women and retirement - what are the issues?

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Fiona Murphy looks at the financial strains affecting how women are preparing for retirement.

A woman's work is never done, as the old adage goes and it certainly seems to be the case in the UK right now. Friends Life's recent survey Working Women found 68% of women in their fifties expect to work throughout their 60s and beyond. So what is the reason for this? Many of these women are on the cusp of retirement, so are they making the finishing touches to their retirement strategies? Are they continuing to work through choice and what impact do these longer working patterns have on the financial choices they make? Under pressure For many, the decision to delay retirement does n...

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