Research suggests having an income that is guaranteed to last until death can reduce stress and boost retirees’ spending.
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Interest rate rises have an uneven effect depending on your savings, living conditions and stage of life.
Making sure you have enough set aside for a long retirement has become more difficult over the past 25 years.
The latest on the UK base rate rise and how it might affect your finances
Far fewer Americans include plans for bequests to nonprofits in their wills than give to charity on a regular basis. The pandemic could be a good reason to change that.
The system brought in by the government to advise retirees since the 2015 reforms may actually be making things worse.
Financial reforms have given us a greater role in saving for retirement. Alas we’re not very good at it.
Annuities in their current form are largely unpopular, but with a bit of tweaking they could provide the retirement income fix Australia needs.
A good proportion of the Financial System Inquiry’s 460-page interim report is dedicated to a discussion of superannuation and, in particular, to making the financial system better at facilitating the…
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