Bequests will not fill pensions gap government warned

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Inheritance experts are warning the government not to expect assets and bequests to fill the pensions gap.

Karen Rowlingson, senior lecturer on social and policy science at the University of Bath, says: "Our analysis shows that those without private pensions are less likely to have received an inheritance and have lower expectations of receiving an inheritance than those who do. We therefore find no evidence to suggest that bequests will help those with low incomes in retirement “ Unveiling new research at the Ageing Population Conference 2005, organised by The Actuarial Profession and the Oxford Institute of Ageing, Rowlingson claimed better-off owner occupiers also appear to be more interes...

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