Research: Retirement Planning Today

Helen Morrissey
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In the first of four instalments of in-depth research into the retirement planning market Helen Morrissey looks at the challenges and opportunities facing advisers operating in this market.

There are many factors contributing to the increased interest in retirement planning. Increasing longevity coupled with the Baby Boomer generation reaching retirement have raised important issues about whether the general public are saving enough to give them a reasonable standard of living in retirement. Retirement Planner carried out this survey in association with Scottish Widows to gauge the issues advisers face when advising on retirement planning. A survey was circulated to our readership by email and we received responses from 192 participants. We started off by asking particip...

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