Over half of people confident about pension savings

Kim Kaveh
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Some 54% of savers are 'very' or 'fairly' confident their retired income will provide their desired standard of living, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed.

Its Wealth and Assets Survey - which assessed retirement confidence of men aged under 65, and women under the age of 60, from July 2016 to June 2017  - found this increased by 3% from July 2014 to ...

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