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Working beyond the retirement age, an analysis of the latest tech bubble and equity income funds. It's IFAonline's round-up of the weekend's national newspapers.

Working Longer Experts have been predicting it for a while and it seems the public is beginning to agree: a lot of us are going to have to work beyond the official retirement age. The Mail on Sunday reported on a survey by MGM Advantage which showed 36% of those who have reached this age already expect to continue working for the foreseeable future, up from 9% a year ago. Meanwhile, two-fifths of the entire working population are uncertain about when they will be able to give up their job, while more than half admit they are ‘not at all prepared' for retirement. Equity income fun...

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