Your workplace pension is, for most people, the single biggest driver of their retirement income. The State Pension provides a basic floor (more on that in our State Pension guide), …
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Sequencing risk explained: how the timing of returns can matter
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The same average return can produce two completely different retirements. The difference is timing, specifically what markets do in the first few years after you start drawing on your pension. …
Investing carries risk. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something. Investment risk is the chance that your portfolio doesn’t do what you wanted it to. Markets fall, a sector …
Inflation risk explained: how rising prices affect your retirement pot
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A pension growing at 4% a year sounds like progress. If prices are rising at 4% a year, it isn’t. Inflation is the gap between the number on your pension …
Most people plan for a retirement that’s shorter than the one they’ll actually have. ONS data puts current UK life expectancy at around 79 for men and 83 for women, …