Three things your clients may call you about this week …

Pensions - the real gender pay gap Coming as it does hot on the heels of the row over BBC salaries, this Sunday Times article is likely to further concern and infuriate female clients, revealing as it does details of the stark differences in the sizes of men's and women's pension pots. First comes some good news - thanks to automatic enrolment, women in full-time work are almost as likely as men to have some sort of pension - 69% versus 70% - but the article goes on to claim women's pensions are on average two-fifths (39.5%) less than men. That difference is not only the worst in Europ...