As we near the end of the year and start to reflect on the past twelve months whilst looking forward to the next with a renewed sense of vigour and positivity, my over-riding hope for 2010 is that we finally see some better solutions in the pensions arena.
It would be all too easy to look back on 2009 as the year when things just got worse. I think we can all agree that the events of past twelve months have only eroded confidence in retirement saving and that (to date at least) there has been little done to increase the popularity of pensions. Some think it's the use of the word pension that's at fault and although I am inclined to agree that probably hasn't helped, I think we need to look further than the label and I am determined to finish my last blog for the year on a positive note! Searching for the positive angle in pensions howe...
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