UK optimism about retirement lags US and Canada

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Britain's optimism about their retirement is lagging behind the USA and Canada according to research from Sun Life Financial of Canada.

The Unretirement Index launched today in the UK assesses optimism on a scale of 0-100 with 100 representing extreme optimism. The first UK Unretirement index score is 35 registering a low level of optimism towards retirement. The Index is already well established in both the US and Canada with both markets recording higher scores than the UK this year. While the Canadian score was a distinctly average 51 the US was lower at 46. Other findings included that 34% of consumers would prefer to work longer if their expected retirement income proved lower than anticipated. 15% said they would sp...

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