Retirement

The disparity between how much people are saving for retirement and how much they will actually live on is getting wider, says Claire Barker.

The poorest 50% contributed just 6% of the total pension savings made by 50-64-year-olds in the UK between 2006 and 2008, figures show.

Jonathon Howard, head of corporate clients at Courtiers Investment Services, discusses the implications of the recent green paper for State Pension reform.

Consumer demand for pensions has grown by a third since August 2010, research says.

A widowed pensioner in Birmingham is finally pocketing £60,000 in previously unclaimed benefits.

An EU-wide plan to improve the sustainability and equality of pension schemes has been given the green light.

Tony Slocombe, of Heartwood Wealth Management, says pensions alone will not be enough to fund retirement.

Former TSC chairman Lord McFall will direct an independent inquiry into the failings of the current private pension system, as new figures show there has been the equivalent of one piece of fresh pension legislation every week since 1995.

Mike Morrison, Axa Wealth's head of pensions development, offers his views on the government's far-reaching reforms of the retirement market.

More than one in five people retiring this year will still have debts according to the Prudential Class of 2011 study.