HSBC survey "little relevance for British women" - Addidi Wealth

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Addidi Wealth's Anna Sofat has described the findings of HSBC's latest retirement report as having "little relevance for British women."

The Future of Retirement series, reported only a quarter of UK women take sole responsibility for making decisions about their own retirement, with one in ten leaving it entirely to their partner. She said: "The HSBC press release on British women and retirement is misleading. In our experience, British women take their financial security very seriously. They may put household budgets and the interests of their children and families first, but this is to be expected; you would not expect women to sacrifice their family's wellbeing today for a retirement fund! She believes other resear...

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