Baby boomers... the 'inbetweeners' of pension planning

We’ve all heard plenty about the sandwich generation over the last few years. Their plight – caught between responsibilities for generations both above and below their own – can frequently affect their ability to plan for retirement. But there’s another way that people in their 50s and 60s can get ‘stuck in the middle’, even if they’re not actually members of the so-called sandwich generation. Unlike many retirees before them, the baby boomers are often bereft of the certainties which defined benefit pensions provided. But a great many of them haven’t had the time, the opportuni...