Tom Conner: The UK is sleepwalking towards a pension crisis

Value of advice far from embedded

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Tom Conner highlights some disturbing findings from the latest Drewberry Wealth and Protection Survey - including the false sense of affluence rising property prices have created in many homeowners

Every year the Drewberry Wealth and Protection Survey of 2,000 British workers reveals something new about the financial provision of the average Briton, their preferences and, very often, the illusions under which many still labour. One of the clearest findings in this year's survey was that, when it comes to retirement provision, despite the best efforts of our industry, the chasm between the ‘haves' and the ‘have-nots' is growing ever wider. Our findings also highlighted that, increasingly, it is the self-employed who are most at risk of retirement paucity. We also found that, try ...

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